ICS Cybersecurity Cognitive Dissonance

ICS Cybersecurity's Cognitive Dissonance
By David Zahn, CMO and GM of Cybersecurity Business Unit

In the recently released survey from SANS, Securing Industrial Control Systems—2017, there were two results that stood out more than most. The first came from a question assessing which control systems had the greatest impact if compromised and exploited; the second related to which systems had the strongest data collection and analysis. In the case of impact, survey respondents ranked computer assets with... Read more

By David Zahn Cybersecurity, SANS, ICS, DCS 0 Comments

Ready, Set…Hang On, Maybe We Are Not Ready
By David Zahn, CMO and GM of Cybersecurity Business Unit

Recently, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) executed their annual Locked Shields exercise in which participating blue team countries defended networks from a NATO-supported red team attacks. In 2016, participating countries saw industrial control systems added to the list of cyber assets they were required to defend. So, how did the U.S. do in this exercise? Unfortunately, in its inaugural... Read more

By David Zahn Industrial, Systems, cyber, infrastructure 0 Comments

WannaCry: A Serious Threat and Patching Challenge for Critical Infrastructure
By Eddie Habibi, Founder and CEO

It happened. The ransomware known as WannaCry was confirmed this week as having made it into industrial process facilities. This should put all companies who rely upon industrial control systems (ICS) – particularly companies classified as critical infrastructure – on high alert. Why? Because the choices available to protect the systems within an industrial facility’s network are much more... Read more

By Eddie Habibi Cybersecurity, Risk, Management, Patch, ransomware, WannaCry, infrastructure 0 Comments

Avoid the ICS Cybersecurity Blind Spot
By Eddie Habibi, Founder and CEO

The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is as interesting for the unexamined risks as it is for the examined ones. If you look at the cyber assets on which the report gathered security data (page 10), there is not a single industrial control system (ICS) category listed. Why is this important? Because ICS are the systems that have direct responsibility for running volatile chemical and oil... Read more

By Eddie Habibi Cybersecurity, Risk, attach, breach, cyber, Verizon 0 Comments

A CEO’s Perspective on PAS’ Large Capital Raise
By Eddie Habibi, Founder and CEO

I’m delighted to announce that PAS has raised $40 million in capital to fuel our business, primarily in industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity. After 23 years of internally funding the company, we’re ready to extend our market reach by expanding sales, marketing, and consulting teams. We’re also set to increase considerably our investment in research and development.   One of the first... Read more

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