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Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Essentials
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The Cyber Sleuth's Handbook: Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Essentials

By Kirsten Doyle on Wed, 03/27/2024
Image In the intricate landscape of cybersecurity, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) stand as the sentinels guarding against the onslaught of digital threats. It involves a multifaceted approach to identifying, mitigating, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents. In the physical world, the aftermath of a crime scene...
Cybersecurity
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
Datasheet
Datasheet

What Makes Fortra’s Tripwire Different

Are you weighing your options between integrity management solutions? Evaluating, purchasing, and deploying new software is hard work, especially when you get down to the granular details of understanding which solutions have which capabilities and matching those capabilities to your organization’s particular needs. In an industry buzzing with ever-changing terminology and a...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
Compliance
File Integrity & Change Monitoring
Incident Detection & Investigation
Industrial Control Systems
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
Managed Security Services
Security Configuration Management
Expert Insight for Securing Your Critical Infrastructure
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Blog

Expert Insight for Securing Your Critical Infrastructure

By Ted Rassieur on Mon, 01/15/2024
Image At Tripwire's recent Energy and NERC Compliance Working Group, we had the opportunity to speak with the Manager of Gas Measurement, Controls, & Cybersecurity at a large energy company. More specifically, we focused on SCADA and field assets of gas Operational Technology. The experience at the management level of such an...
Compliance
NERC CIP
Industrial Control Systems
Tips for Achieving Success With a NERC CIP Audit
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Blog

Tips for Achieving Success With a NERC CIP Audit

By Jim Fisher on Wed, 12/13/2023
Image Electrical utilities are responsible for just about everything we do. This presents a tremendous burden on those who operate those utilities. One way these organizations offer assurance is through the audit process. While audits can generate tremendous anxiety, good planning, and tools can help make the entire process go...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
NERC CIP
Guarding the Grid: Navigating the Current and Future Landscape of Utility Cybersecurity
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Guarding the Grid: Navigating the Current and Future Landscape of Utility Cybersecurity

By Travis Emerson on Mon, 11/27/2023
Image Tripwire recently held its annual Energy and NERC Compliance Working Group. This year's attendees included more than 200 Tripwire customer utility personnel representing over 80 different registered entities from all across the US and Canada. The company sizes ranged from public utility districts and city municipalities to...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
Compliance
NERC CIP
Fortifying IoT Devices: Unraveling the Art of Securing Embedded Systems
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Blog

Fortifying IoT Devices: Unraveling the Art of Securing Embedded Systems

By Isla Sibanda on Fri, 10/13/2023
Image Interconnected, data-enabled devices are more common now than ever before. By 2027, it is predicted that there will be more than 41 billion new IoT devices. The emergence of each new device offers a fresh vulnerability point for opportunistic bad actors.  In 2022, there were over 112 million cyberattacks carried out on IoT...
Cybersecurity
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
What is NERC? Everything you need to know
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Blog

What is NERC? Everything you need to know

By Michael Betti on Tue, 10/03/2023
Image Electric grids are part of every nation’s critical infrastructure. Every societal activity and business depends on reliable and safe electricity distribution. The US electric grid is a huge network of powerlines, distribution hubs, and renewable and non-renewable energy generators that is increasingly exposed to cyber-physical...
Compliance
NERC CIP
Industrial Control Systems
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CISO to BISO – What's your next role?

By Gary Hibberd on Tue, 07/25/2023
Image Introduction For the longest time within the cybersecurity industry, we have had Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) whose role is to set the strategic direction for Information Security within an organisation. But what are the stepping stones to becoming a CISO? In the past, this has been a difficult question to...
Cybersecurity
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
Guide
Guide

How Managed Services Can Help With Cybersecurity Compliance

Organizations are often overburdened with managing complex tools to handle their most important compliance responsibilities, and in many cases lack the internal headcount to manage those tools with highly-trained expertise. Managed services can solve your security staffing and resource challenges by arming your team with security expertise to maintain optimal compliance. ...
Compliance
CIS Controls
FISMA
GDPR
HIPAA
NERC CIP
NIST
PCI DSS
SOX
A Day in the Life of a SOC Team
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Blog

A Day in the Life of a SOC Team

By Fortra Staff on Tue, 04/18/2023
Image This piece was originally published on Fortra’s AlertLogic.com Blog. Managed detection and response (MDR) would be nothing without a SOC (security operations center). They’re on the frontline of our clients’ defenses — a living, breathing layer of intelligence and protection to complement our automated cybersecurity features....
Cybersecurity
Incident Detection & Investigation
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
On-Demand Webinar
On-Demand Webinar

How to Balance NERC CIPv6 vs. CIPv5 Compliance (and Why it Matters)

Mon, 08/15/2022
The extension of the NERC CIPv5 deadline to July 2016 means that registered entities have gained a small window of time for their compliance projects, but they now face a combined compliance deadline for CIPv5 and CIPv6 in July. Join Nick Santora, CEO of Curricula, and Tim Erlin, Director of IT Risk & Security Strategist at Tripwire, for a discussion on the potential impact of...
Compliance
NERC CIP
Guide
Guide

Physical Cybersecurity: ICS Attack Scenarios and CIP-007 R1

The premise of a January 27, 2015, article by CNBC is that there is good evidence that a cyber attack against nearly any country’s critical infrastructure could be imminent. This kind of reporting has become so commonplace, but this doesn’t seem like just more FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) journalism. ...
Compliance
NERC CIP
Industrial Control Systems
Guide
Guide

How Infosec Teams Can Overcome the Skills Gap

Does your organization have enough cybersecurity staff with a high level of expertise? If not, you’re not alone. The skills gap is weighing heavily on the minds of digital security team members. In a survey of 342 security professionals, Tripwire found that 83 percent of infosec personnel felt more overworked in 2020 than they did a year earlier. An even greater percentage (85...
Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Guide
Guide

Communicating Cybersecurity to Boards and Executives: A Workbook to Help Build Cybersecurity Literacy

We’ve all heard, “it’s not a matter of if you’ll be breached, but when.” If a breach occurs, is your organization prepared to detect it quickly? Now more than ever, corporate executives and boards are asking for assurance that the organization and its sensitive data is adequately protected. This cybersecurity self-assessment is derived from the Cyber-Risk and Oversight...
Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Datasheet
Datasheet

The Tripwire NERC CIP Solution Suite

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) maintains comprehensive reliability standards that define requirements for planning and operating the bulk electric system (BES). Among these are the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cyber Security Standards, which specify a minimum set of controls and processes for power generation and transmission companies to...
Compliance
NERC CIP
Datasheet
Datasheet

Tripwire ExpertOps

Many IT teams are facing challenging skills gaps or struggling with optimizing their cybersecurity software. It might be that your team is too small for their responsibilities, or that you’re finding it difficult to attract, train, and retain talent. Turnover is a common problem, with organizations and agencies often losing skilled individuals to new opportunities. Fortunately,...
Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Managed Security Services
Datasheet
Datasheet

Tripwire Resident Engineers

The cybersecurity skills gap can leave many organizations without adequate staffing for the operation of their security tools. High turnover rates can also cause an organization to lose essential knowledge when team members leave who were familiar with the tools. To complicate matters further, the pandemic is driving the need for temporary cybersecurity support as agencies...
Compliance
NERC CIP
NIST
PCI DSS
SOX
Datasheet
Datasheet

Tripwire Resident Engineers for Federal Agencies

The cybersecurity skills gap leaves Federal agencies without adequate staffing for the operation of their security tools. High turnover rates can also cause agencies to lose essential knowledge when team members leave who were familiar with the tools. To complicate matters further, the pandemic is driving the need for temporary cybersecurity support as agencies navigate new,...
Compliance
NERC CIP
NIST