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Introduction: Hidden Vulnerability in a Reliant World Modern society depends on digital and cyber-physical systems for everything from energy and communications to navigation and industrial control. These systems are engineered for robustness and uptime, but they often do not have built-in tools to assess how long it takes to recover when things go wrong—especially when the event […]
Current Climate The number of cyber attacks has continued to grow in recent years. The graph below shows the number of cyber-attacks on corporate networks increasing more than 40% from 2020 to 2021. As a result, more and more people are beginning to understand the need for cybersecurity, but should Russia’s war on Ukraine cause […]
Introduction In 2019, Armis disclosed 11 vulnerabilities affecting several real-time operating systems (RTOS’s) collectively known as “Urgent 11.” The embedded systems world reacted with justifiable alarm as a result of the high publicity. These vulnerabilities posed critical threats to many RTOS’s considered to have strong cybersecurity credentials. What many cyber-savvy defense teams may have overlooked […]
Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 500 healthcare service provider, with over 400 health facilities worldwide has been hit with a cyberattack early Sunday morning on September 27, 2020. The attack spread across the UHS network in US facilities, causing them to shutdown systems in multiple locations. Phone and computer systems in locations including Texas, […]
Throughout the years, the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) domain has drastically changed from disconnected or “closed” systems using proprietary protocols, to more “open” and standardized protocols. These standardized Local Area Network (LAN) protocols are built upon common computing platforms, and integrated with Internet Protocol (IP) based IT solutions. This interconnection of IT and ICS components […]
The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in cyberattacks focused beyond traditional desktops and servers. The security industry refers to this sector as operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT), or Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and it includes systems such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), embedded devices, and systems typically controlled by […]
