Will CISA Recommend Securing ICS?
Hold on – – – hasn’t CISA since its birth and DHS before that recommended securing ICS? No, not really. The recommendations have been keep the attackers out, perform cyber hygiene, and detect attacks, but they have rarely recommended the monitoring...Hope In The ICS Security Workforce
We had the pleasure of hosting ~800 ICS security professionals in Miami South Beach last week at S4x22. While the record number of attendees was a good sign of the growing attention being paid to ICS security, it was the composition of the attendees that is even more...
Shields Up For ICS
The US CISA put out a Shields Up advisory in conjunction with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s probably necessary, as they would have been disparaged if they didn’t, and not terribly useful. The recommendations were primarily the same as they have been...
Let’s Talk: Level 0 and Risk Management
Three topics for this week’s article: Importance, Risk Management, and Level 0 Risk Reduction. Importance Joe Weiss, who I call the Paul Revere of ICS security for his yeoman’s work raising the alarm in the 2000 – 2010 decade, was not a fan of my...
Pivot To Process Variable Anomaly Detection
Summary: Vendors who are focused on compromise of Level 0 to Level 1 communications should pivot to process variable anomaly detection. There are a handful of vendors (Siga being the most active, Mission Secure, Fortiphyd, … and a couple I likely missed) who focus on...
OT Security Product Market Winners = No Changes
The first OT Security product segment to have a company, actually multiple companies, valued over $1B is OT Detection. The next OT security product segment that is seeing multiple early stage investments and has the same look of fast market cap growth in the next 1-3...
Would My Cyber Insurance Policy Cover NotPetya?
Would my cyber insurance policy cover losses due to NotPetya? It’s one important type of question to ask your insurance provider each time before renewal. The answer from the New Jersey Superior Court for Merck was yes. The War or Hostile Acts exclusion in their...
Per Endpoint Risk Calculation
Industrial Defender version 7.4 was announced last week. One feature caught my attention: Per Endpoint Risk Calculations: Allows customization of risk profiles on a per asset basis using threat vectors such as unpatched vulnerabilities, security events and health...