Security News

How critical infrastructure operators rate their security controls
2018-04-05 11:30

Indegy revealed that nearly 60 percent of executives at critical infrastructure operators polled in a recent survey said they lack appropriate controls to protect their environments from security...

Are legacy technologies a threat to EU’s telecom infrastructure?
2018-04-03 12:00

Telecommunications is a key infrastructure based on how our society works. It constitutes the main instrument that allows our democracy and our EU core values such as freedom, equality, rule of...

Creaking protocols are threat to EU's telecom infrastructure security
2018-04-01 00:00

Y'all better bake in safeguards before 5G rollout, says ENISA Legacy technologies pose a threat to the European Union's telecommunications infrastructure, a study by cybersecurity agency ENISA warns.…

Cisco mess from 2017 becomes tool for state-sponsored infrastructure attacks and defacements
2018-04-01 00:00

Sigh. 160,000 un-patched boxen await p0wnage Cisco's Smart Install software has become the vector for a series of infrastructure attacks and politically-motivated defacements.…

AI deployments to drive investments in storage, networking, and cloud infrastructure
2018-03-21 12:30

The race for making perfect hardware to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) applications is heating up and many companies are jumping in with their products and solutions. According to a new...

US Accuses Russian Government of Hacking Infrastructure
2018-03-19 10:34

The Russian government is behind a sustained hacking effort to take over the control systems of critical US infrastructure like nuclear power plants and water distribution, according to US cyber...

IT leaders wrestling hyper-converged infrastructure security
2018-03-16 12:30

New research from WinMagic, surveying over 1,000 IT Decision Makers (ITDM) about hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) has revealed flexibility (65%), performance (58%) and availability (46%) as...

Infrastructure security: Don’t just sit there, do something!
2018-03-09 11:30

Around 4am on March 28, 1979, things started to go badly wrong deep inside the bowels of reactor number two at Three Mile Island. Routine maintenance to clear a blockage inadvertently caused a...

How to improve your security infrastructure when you’re on a budget
2018-03-05 13:35

When you’re on a tight budget for cybersecurity, it can seem almost impossible to secure every part of your businesses’ network without going over budget with the latest technologies in place. You...

US sets up dedicated office for energy infrastructure cybersecurity
2018-02-19 19:44

The US government is setting up a new Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) at the US Department of Energy. The CESER office will focus on energy infrastructure...