Sentences with phrase «for critical infrastructure»

Regularly conducts risk assessments and produces risk - based security plans for critical infrastructure facilities.

Windows malware that mines for cryptocurrencies has, for the first time, been found in the network of an industrial control system at an operational treatment plant for a water utility, Radiflow, a security provider for critical infrastructure, says.

As iTWire has reported, quoting an analyst from the not - for - profit Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, there is little evidence for coming to such a conclusion.

According to the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, the healthcare sector fell prey to more cyber incidents through data...

«The ease with which an attacker can harvest and collect demographic and psychographic data on targets is astounding,» said James Scott, senior fellow at the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology.

In direct response to this new threat, and to advance federal stakeholder understanding of how nation states such as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are weaponizing cyberspace in order to inject their influence operations on the American and European populations, the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) has introduced the Center for Cyber-Influence Operations Studies (CCIOS).

In this analysis, entitled «Sowing the Seeds of U.S. Cyber Talent: Leveraging K - 12 Cyber-Education to Develop the Cyber-Workforce and Improve National Security,» the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology provides a comprehensive assessment of how public and private sector organizations can engage K - 12 students and inspire developing minds to pursue Information Security through interactive models and engaging mediums.

In this brief, entitled «Dispelling the Fear of IT Modernization: A Realistic Approach to Justifying Legacy Modernization, Acquiring Trained Personnel, and Improving Organizational Communication,» the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology takes a fresh look at the topic of IT modernization and offers actionable insights for commercial and public sector leaders, including:

On Thursday April 30th, the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) hosted its monthly Fellow Meeting with featured thought leader Michael Echols, Director of Special Initiatives, Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Cyber Operations Management (CIKR - COM) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Part One: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures», the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology provides a detailed analysis of the risks that voting machines and the digital age have introduced into our democratic process which have the potential to impact the integrity of election results.

At the closed door October 2015 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology Fellows Meeting, Fellows and government leaders convened to discuss the top threats facing critical infrastructure sectors and the technologies and strategies which can mitigate risk.

On November 19, the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology conducted a briefing at the U.S. Senate entitled «Hacking Hospitals» to address the growing threats facing healthcare organizations.

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness month, the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology hosted a Town Hall on Minority Representation in Cybersecurity, a meeting sponsored by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX).

This report was authored by James Scott (ICIT Senior Fellow — Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology) and Drew Spaniel (ICIT Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University).

In this publication, entitled «Dragnet Surveillance Nation: How Data Brokers Sold Out America,» the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of this underreported and poorly understood threat to our Nation's critical infrastructures.

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The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology discusses how The Cyber Shield Act has the potential to transform critical infrastructure cyber resiliency.

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February 10, 2015 — The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) announces the addition of HP, Watchdox, and Covenant Security Solutions as ICIT Fellows, organizations who bring highly qualified experts, technologies and solutions to support the niche advisory ICIT provides the policy community in the fields of critical infrastructure technology and cyber security.

Members of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology spoke on the convergence of physical and cyber security at the British Embassy June 2, 2015, at a meeting attended by representatives from the United States government, the British government, and critical infrastructure sectors including Energy and Finance.

March 4, 2015: Last week, the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) hosted their monthly Fellow Meeting.

By James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology Ever since the WannaCryptor ransomware attack, also known as WannaCry or Wcrypt, began wreaking havoc around the globe, ICIT has received a flood of inquiries from policymakers, governments, and the private sector on how organizations can defend themselves.

The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) today issued a briefing to members of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Federal Agencies and other Critical Infrastructure Sector Leaders titled «Progress as Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: Analysis of H.R. 1560 Title I and Title II (H.R. 1731).»

Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies (CCIOS)

In this analysis, entitled «Signature Based Malware Detection is Dead,» the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology provides a thought - provoking analysis of the necessity for critical infrastructure sectors to adopt advanced..

The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology issued its latest legislative briefing titled «Preventative Measures - Ensuring Information Security Prior to mHealth Development».

Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies (CCIOS) In addition to the questions that Facebook must answer concerning its relationship with Cambridge Analytica and the breach of privacy and security on its platform, legislators must also inquire about its relationship with China and how the..

The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology has published its official analysis of the Office of Personnel Management breach, Handing Over the Keys to the Castle: OPM Demonstrates that Antiquated Security Practices Harm National Security.

This Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology blog post, entitled «Assessing the FDA's Cybersecurity Guidelines for Medical Device Manufacturers: Why Subtle «Suggestions» May Not Be Enough» is an objective analysis of the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) «Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff.»

Microgrids increasing support more reliable, efficient and safe power for critical infrastructure.

She is Co-Chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), a body of experts convened by the mayor to advise the city on adaptation for its critical infrastructure.

Much of that research occurs through Missouri S&T's Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection.

Jeffrey Hunker, a Pittsburgh - based cybersecurity consultant who worked for the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton as senior director for critical infrastructure, said the problem is compounded by the fact that the appropriate response to a cyberattack hasn't yet been worked out.

And we must do a better job in prioritizing capital projects and in identifying funding for critical infrastructure.»

Government has set - up a task force to develop a roadmap for its establishment • Restructure the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) with the capability to mobilise foreign private capital for critical infrastructure development using a private sector model.

The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), a non-partisan group of innovation experts and firms that provides solutions to support and protect critical infrastructure, has questioned...

We are pleased to be the premier security conference for critical infrastructure and one of the longest running events in the nation.

The continued rising levels of imports of foreign steel threaten to impair the national security by placing the U.S. steel industry at substantial risk of displacing the basic oxygen furnace and other steelmaking capacity, and the related supply chain needed to produce steel for critical infrastructure and national defense.

The Trump administration has announced that it is establishing an office within the Department of Energy to shore up cybersecurity for critical infrastructure like nuclear plants, refineries and pipelines.

Threats like ExPetr (Petya) are extremely dangerous for critical infrastructures and industrial companies because the attack can potentially impact the victim's technological process automation / control systems.

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Yemen bears particularly close watching as Houthi missile attacks pose a direct risk to critical Saudi infrastructure, and the proxy war could prove to be the tripwire for a direct confrontation between Riyadh and Tehran.

It is optimizing a high - performance computing infrastructure to enable researchers to analyze genetic data 370 percent faster and reduce diagnosis from 10 days to six hours, a critical time saver for children with cancer.

«Businesses and service providers were without the critical market infrastructure required to create fee - for - service business models and develop financial products designed to help the poor withstand potentially ruinous financial shocks such as crop destruction.»

April 16 (Reuters)- The United States and Britain on Monday warned of a global cyber attack targeting routers and other networking equipment, blaming Russian government - backed hackers for the campaign on government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators.

ICIT will present its findings and identify possible solutions for protecting critical infrastructure — along with a panel of industry experts and government officials — on June 29 in Washington.

Therefore the military would have to target «not only nuclear infrastructure but command and control facilities, key leaders, artillery and missile units, chemical and biological weapons facilities, airfields, ports, and other targets deemed critical to regime survival,» according to the report for Congress.

It was critical for us to match our own maturation with the macro trends happening across the Internet infrastructure landscape and affecting CIO and CTOs of companies big and small.

«Major (cloud) infrastructure service providers are now also critical points for systemic failure, and any data breach or significant downtime can have a cascading effect impacting thousands of businesses, with a great potential for economic impacts,» Goddjin observes.

Instead, spending was targetted at areas considered «critical for productivity,» such as housing, research and development (R&D) and economic infrastructure.

Now, unsurprisingly, EMC's (EMC) Information Infrastructure group (EMC II for short) will focus on helping Virtustream sell into big companies running mission - critical applications, according to an internal memo from EMC II Chief Executive David Goulden viewed by Fortune.