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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.
    Defense planning involves the development of strategies, policies, and doctrines to address security challenges and achieve national defense objectives
    Joe Weiss
    April 22, 2025
    Including process sensors as cyber assets will be a welcome step toward making NERC CIP requirements more relevant to grid safety threats
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    Joe Weiss
    April 9, 2025
    In a follow-up article, Joe addresses a Sandia National Laboratory report on BESS cybersecurity
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    Joe Weiss
    March 31, 2025
    Engineers and technicians outside of cybersecurity often do not consider themselves to be OT and may not be aware of its necessity
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    Joe Weiss
    Feb. 14, 2025
    There’s minimal attention being paid to cybersecurity in the design, operation and training surrounding BESS systems
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    Joe Weiss
    Jan. 21, 2025
    Control system cybersecurity still has not been adequately addressed by Democratic and Republican administrations since PDD63
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    Joe Weiss
    Jan. 9, 2025
    Inappropriate advice from inadequate “OT experts” can harm control system field devices and shut down facilities
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    Joe Weiss
    Jan. 2, 2025
    How a bicycle’s analog odometer could be more secure than critical infrastructures in the U.S.
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    Joe Weiss
    Dec. 18, 2024
    Cyber incident response plans and associated tabletop training are critical and in place for network cyber incidents
    A new 2022 Ford Maverick vehicle is displayed at the 2021 LA Auto Show media day in Los Angeles, November, 18, 2021
    Joe Weiss
    Nov. 15, 2024
    Ford will have to pay up to $165 million for failing to comply with federal recall requirements
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    Joe Weiss
    Oct. 29, 2024
    There is a culture gap between cybersecurity managed by the CISO on the one hand and engineering and operations personnel responsible for OT on the other
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    Joe Weiss
    Oct. 22, 2024
    The cybersecurity of process sensors affects both the engineers and network security personnel
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    Joe Weiss
    Oct. 8, 2024
    Over 50 years of control system cybersecurity perspectives
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    Joe Weiss
    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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    Joe Weiss
    Sept. 23, 2024
    Kinetic damage can occur when control systems are impacted by remote connectivity
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    Joe Weiss
    Sept. 17, 2024
    Is the cure worse than the disease?