Tag: Critical National Infrastructure
News and information from the Advent IM team.
‘Increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks’ prompt joint alert from UK, US, and Australia
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
The advisory warns there is “a growing wave” of attacks which could impact critical infrastructure and have “devastating consequences”. Cyber security experts from the UK, US, and Australia are warning of a “growing wave of increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks” which could have “devastating consequences”. Chief executive officers and board members are being strongly encourages to […]
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US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The US government issued emergency legislation on Sunday after the largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack. read via BBC News.
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Thousands of devices used in critical national infrastructure are vulnerable – how can they be secured?
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Critical infrastructure at risk: researchers identify over 43,000 unprotected SCADA devices. Read via ItProPortal
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Hacker modified drinking water chemical levels in a US city
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The intrusion was detected right away and the hacker’s modifications have been reversed right away. Read via ZDNet.
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CNI system design: Secure Remote Access
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)-specific look at NCSC guidance on remote access architecture design. Remote Access is an essential feature of just about any realistic IT (and OT) estate. Read via NCSC.
Read MoreNIS vs. GDPR – not siblings but cousins #NISR #GDPR
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Thank you to our resident NCIS expert, Great Wall of China charity-walking Director, Julia McCarron, for this timely reminder that GDPR is not the only regulation on the horizon and whilst it might not impact everyone, we need to be aware of it. As the clock is ticking towards the need to comply with the […]
Read MoreNuclear Power Plant Worker caught looking at bomb-making websites….
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A nuclear power plant worker in Scotland has been escorted from EDF’s West Kilbride premises and the police called, after allegedly viewing bomb-making websites whilst at work. The full story is here. Some comment from Advent IM DIrector, Julia McCarron. Trying to find out how to build a bomb whilst working on-site at a nuclear […]
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