February 2013

Speak Up NOW on New IF-MAP Specs for ICS and SCADA Security

Submitted by Eric Byres on Thu, 2013-02-07 21:00

We all agree that SCADA and Industrial Control System security needs to improve. However there is a lot of disagreement on what exactly needs to happen to make security for industrial systems easier to deploy and more effective.

SCADA Security: Big Picture Planning is Key

Submitted by Bob Lockhart on Mon, 2013-02-18 13:03

Editor's Note: this is an excerpt from the Pike Research Blog.

The story goes that a group of business people were stranded on a desert island with a bountiful supply of canned and therefore imperishable food, but no way to open the cans. As the group struggled to find a solution the lone economist in the group piped up, “Assume a can opener…”

Key SCADA Security Questions for CEOs

Submitted by ghale on Thu, 2013-02-28 15:39

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from ISSSource.

It wasn’t that long ago when cyber security seemed like a foreign language to those folks entrusted with running companies. It was not like they didn’t know about it, but it just was not top of mind.

Not anymore.

With cyber threats evolving to the point where they are affecting their companies and their customer’s companies, chief executives are taking a new look and approach to how they attack cyber security.