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Improving your Cybersecurity Posture with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

There isn’t an industry that hasn’t been affected by cyber threats, and the broadcast industry is no exception. In April 2015, France’s TV5Monde was attacked, resulting in eleven of its channels going dark and its social media outlets commandeered to display pro-Islamic State messages. This was preceded by an attack on WBOC in Salisbury, Maryland, where their Twitter account...
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Maintaining the Security and Integrity of Electronic Health Record Systems

The value of electronic health record (EHR) systems is immense. These digital records are designed to be available anytime and anywhere, connecting healthcare providers with patient data. EHRs are a central repository of patient medical histories, medications, diagnoses, immunization dates, allergies, lab results and radiology images. With access to this accurate patient...
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OT Cybersecurity for the Modern Threat Landscape: Layers of ICS Security

An Extremely Brief History of ICS Security Industrial control systems (ICS) proliferated before cybersecurity became the mission-critical concern it is today. The shift to new network technologies improves data collection, efficiency and time-to-market, but it also produces new cybersecurity risks: Many ICS are purpose-built and proprietary, making them out of sync with...
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Hirschmann EAGLE40

The multiport EAGLE40 next generation firewalls offer a comprehensive cybersecurity solution to maximize uptime in today’s stringent automated environments. Ensure heightened performance capabilities with more port options, each at one gigabit per second (Gbit/s) bandwidth Protect against physical and virtual threats with ruggedized housing and Stateful and Deep Packet...
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10 Ways Tripwire Outperforms Other Cybersecurity Solutions

As a security professional, you’re tasked with protecting your organization against attacks, detecting threats, identifying vulnerabilities and hardening configurations. But in an increasingly crowded marketplace, how do you choose the right cybersecurity partner? From experience and technical innovation to security expertise, Fortra's Tripwire stands out from the competition. ...
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Bridging the IT/OT Cybersecurity Gap

With notable industrial cyber events on the rise, the 2020s are shaping up to be a challenging time for operational technology (OT) operators concerned with the safety, security, and compliance of their operational technology networks. To protect their OT environments, everyone from plant managers to CISOs is facing increased pressure to deploy effective cybersecurity solutions...
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Payment Processor for Businesses

As a recognized leader in the payment processing sector, this company offers its clients hundreds of secure payment methods across multiple platforms, around the globe. Onan average day it processes tens of millions of mobile, online and in-store transactions in 100+ currencies. After experiencing a security incident that was quickly contained, the company took the opportunity...
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Navigating Industrial Cybersecurity: A Field Guide

Nearly every aspect of modern life depends on industrial control systems (ICS) operating as expected. As ICS devices become increasingly connected, they also become increasingly vulnerable. By and large, commercial and critical infrastructure industrial orgs are underprepared for the digital convergence of their IT and OT environments. ICS operators need to get a robust...
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PCI 4.0: The wider meanings of the new Standard

Image The new PCI DSS Standard, version 4.0, contains all the steps, best practices, and explanations required for full compliance.  In fact, even an organization that does not process cardholder data could follow the PCI Standard to implement a robust cybersecurity program for any of its important data. In our series about how the...
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What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 10, 11 and 12

Image As we continue our review of the 12 Requirements of PCI DSS version 4.0, one has to stop and consider, is it possible to have a favorite section of a standard? After all, most guidance documents, as well as regulations are seen as tedious distractions from the importance of getting the job done. However, depending on a person’s...
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What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Image In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed the first four sections of the new PCI standards. As we continue our examination of PCI DSS version 4.0, we will consider what organizations will need to do in order to successfully transition and satisfy this update. Requirements 5 through 9 are organized under two categories: Maintain a...
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What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Image The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has released its first update to their Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) since 2018.  The new standard, version 4.0, is set to generally go into effect by 2024, but there are suggested updates that are not going to be required until a year after that.  This, of course, creates...
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Bridging the IT/OT gap with Tripwire’s Industrial Solutions

Image Cybersecurity has, since its inception, been a corporate-based problem. Whether it is a public, or private corporation, these entities were the primary targets of most cybercrime. In recent years, the industrial sector has increasingly become the target of attack for malicious actors. The reasons include newly internet-connected...
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ICS Security in Healthcare: Why Software Vulnerabilities Pose a Threat to Patient Safety

Image The lack of healthcare cybersecurity is one of the most significant threats to the sanctity of the global healthcare industry. This is made evident by the fact that in 2020 more than 18 million patient records were affected by successful cyber-attacks on the U.S. healthcare system. Health professionals should not take this...
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PCI DSS 4.0 and ISO 27001 – the dynamic duo

Image It’s not often we can say this, but 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting time in information governance, especially for those interested in compliance and compliance frameworks. We started the year in eager anticipation of the new version of the international standard for information security management systems, ISO 27001:2022,...
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PCI DSS 4.0 is Here: What you Need to Consider

Image The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a benchmark with tenure in the industry, with the first version being introduced in 2004. The PCI DSS was unique when it was introduced because of its prescriptive nature and its focus on protecting cardholder data. Cybersecurity is a changing landscape, and...
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US Government warns of new malware attacks on ICS/SCADA systems

Image Agencies of the US Government have issued a joint warning that hackers have revealed their capability to gain full system access to industrial control systems that might help enemy states sabotage critical infrastructure. In a joint cybersecurity advisory issued by the Department of Energy, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
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What Is the Role of Incident Response in ICS Security?

Image In recent years, cyber espionage has been growing in magnitude and complexity. One of the most common targets is Industrial Control Systems (ICS) within critical infrastructure sectors. With many organizations relying more heavily on ICS networks, there has been an increase in threats and cyberattacks aimed at these systems. Not...