Given the significant risk that quantum computing poses to existing encryption methods, the Government of Canada has announced new investment in finding future solutions for cyber resilience in a quantum era.
Passwords are outdated, vulnerable, and an unacceptable basis for cyber resilience in today’s organizations says Patrick McBride. In this article he explains why this is the case and looks at the way forward.
HP Inc. has released its quarterly Threat Insights Report revealing that cybercriminals are shifting to shortcut (LNK) files to deliver malware. Shortcuts are replacing Office macros – which are starting to be blocked by default in Office
Response-based attacks targeting corporate inboxes have climbed to their highest volume since 2020, representing 41 percent of all email-based scams targeting employees, during Q2 of this year.
Digital twins are increasingly being used to model systems of interconnected things. Here Matthew Margetts defines what a digital twin is, and suggests where the technology is headed.
Nuspire has published its Q2 2022 Quarterly Threat Report. The report outlines new cybercriminal activity and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and is sourced from over a trillion traffic logs gained from Nuspire client sites and associated with thousands of devices around the globe.
Team82 has identified a novel attack that weaponizes programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in order to exploit engineering workstations. The method is being termed the ‘Evil PLC Attack’ by Team82.
The Swiss cheese model is a risk management technique that is transferrable to cyber resilience management. Thomas Muller-Martin explains what it is and describes the benefits of such an approach.
Check Point Research (CPR) has published its ‘Cyber Attack Trends: 2022 Mid-Year Report’ highlighting how cyber attacks have become firmly entrenched as a state-level weapon, including the new ransomware method of ‘Country Extortion’ and state-affiliated hacktivism.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
