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Control Systems Cybersecurity Expert, Joseph M. Weiss, is an international authority on cybersecurity, control systems and system security. Weiss weighs in on cybersecurity, science and technology, security emerging threats and more.
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OT/control system cybersecurity has changed and not for the better

Oct. 8, 2024
Over 50 years of control system cybersecurity perspectives
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Sam Houston State University paper: “Who’s in charge of OT security”

Sept. 27, 2024
CISOs have been given the additional responsibility for cyber securing OT assets without a firm understanding of the technical constraints of OT systems
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Government and industry are indifferent or unaware of critical infrastructure kinetic cyber incidents

Sept. 23, 2024
Kinetic damage can occur when control systems are impacted by remote connectivity
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September HouSecCon conference

Sept. 17, 2024
Is the cure worse than the disease?
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Government and industry organizations’ gaps in understanding control system cybersecurity

Sept. 5, 2024
U.S. government organizations have not identified control system incidents as being cyber-related
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Critical infrastructure cybersecurity incident reporting is not working

Aug. 23, 2024
It’s difficult to deal with a risk if you’re not equipped to recognize it
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CrowdStrike, SolarWinds and Stuxnet demonstrated the cyber fragility of IT and OT systems

July 30, 2024
Three cyber incidents that affected multiple sectors and demonstrated cyber fragility
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Issues with Identifying Control System Cyber Incidents: MORS presentation

July 19, 2024
Government and industry organizations tend to under-report and under-share control system cyber incidents
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Webinar on securing critical infrastructure

June 21, 2024
The Tortora Brayda Institute held a roundtable event on June 18
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Identifying control system cyber incidents requires expertise not readily available and government reporting changes

June 12, 2024
Training to recognize control system incidents as being cyber-related is missing, allowing cyber incidents to continue to occur with potential or actual catastrophic consequences...
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Training for identifying control system incidents as being cyber-related

May 31, 2024
The peer-reviewed Micro Learning Module “Identifying Control System Cyber Incidents” was written in response to the lack of industry being able to identify control system incidents...
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Secure-by-design is not the same as safe-by-design – and people are being hurt

May 21, 2024
Cybersecurity is being addressed but without adequate safety engineering to account for unexpected system interactions
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The 2024 RSA Cybersecurity Conference: What wasn’t addressed can hurt you

May 17, 2024
Was the real scope of control system cyber incidents properly addressed?
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The origin of 'The original ICS/SCADA system cybersecurity conference'

April 30, 2024
The ICS Cybersecurity Conference started in 2002 as a cybersecurity conference for the control system engineers
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Guardians of critical infrastructure: Where are the control systems?

April 25, 2024
Infragard will be holding a session “Cyber Defenders: Guardians of Critical Infrastructure”, but there are critical issues with seminar’s agenda