INDUSTRIAL CYBER SECURITY
as keeping security software up to date , running devices in low privilege and using multi-factor authentication ,” said Keely .
The risk level is extremely high , according to Keely , without Managed Detection and Response ( MDR ) services , which employ “ comprehensive 24 / 7 monitoring to identify and mitigate cyber-attacks as early as possible in the cyber kill chain ”.
Customised malware for manufacturing Tom Kellermann is the Head of Cybersecurity Strategy at VMware , a cloud computing and virtualisation company based in California , with a revenue of US $ 11.77bn last year .
Kellerman states that Industrial Control Systems and the manufacturing sector are at the epicentre of a cyber insurgency : “ Malware customised for manufacturing infrastructures will continue to be a hot commodity on the dark web as it has the potential to cause disruption on par with that of the Colonial Pipeline attack last year . Beyond material losses and production downtime , there ’ s a ripple effect of damage on stakeholders that puts bad actors in a powerful position to claim ransom or extort an organisation ,” he said .
According to Kellerman , cyberattacks will shift from being an IT problem to a supply chain - and potentially national - security risk , and the consequences of
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