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As the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and operational technology (OT) continue to evolve and grow, so too, do the responsibilities of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The CISO now needs to mitigate risks from cloud-connected machinery, warehouse systems, and smart devices scattered among hundreds of workstations. Managing those security risks includes the need…
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August 26, 2020 TH Author

Rethinking IoT/OT Security to Mitigate Cyberthreats

As IoT is revolutionizing industries, CISOs need to rethink how they approach data protection in order to effectively employ risk mitigation.
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August 5, 2020 TH Author

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Revisiting social engineering: The human threat to cybersecurity

People often say that you can identify a phishing campaign because it just doesn’t feel right. But what if that isn’t true?
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August 3, 2020 TH Author

Microsoft Joins Open Source Security Foundation

We’re excited to announce that that Microsoft is joining industry partners to create the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a new cross-industry collaboration hosted at the Linux Foundation.
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July 23, 2020 TH Author

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Peak, Plateau, or Plummet? Cyber security trends that are here to stay and how to detect and recover from ransomware attacks

The rapidity of change in the cyberthreat landscape can be daunting for today’s cyber defense teams. Just as they perfect the ability to block one attack method, adversaries change their approach.
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July 2, 2020 TH Author

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Cybersecurity & IoT: New risks and how to minimize them

Every year billions of new connected devices come online. These devices enable businesses to finetune operations, optimize processes, and develop analytics-based services.
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June 22, 2020 TH Author

Microsoft acquires CyberX to accelerate and secure customers’ IoT deployments

Today, we’re excited to announce that Microsoft has acquired the comprehensive, network-based IoT security platform CyberX.
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May 20, 2020 TH Author

Cybersecurity best practices to implement highly secured devices

If an internet-connected device performs a non-critical function, why does it need to be highly secured? Because any device can be the target of a hacker, and any hacked device can be weaponized.
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April 28, 2020 TH Author

Managing risk in today’s IoT landscape: not a one-and-done

Connectivity empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of IoT—but it also introduces new cybersecurity attack vectors. What does it take to manage those risks?
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March 23, 2020 TH Author

Defending the power grid against supply chain attacks—Part 2: Securing hardware and software

The hardware and software companies who supply utilities must implement better security of their build and update environment to reduce the risk of an attack on critical infrastructure.
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