The electric utility industry is built on a foundation that requires an ultimate level of security to operate effectively. As hackers multiply and their level of sophistication increases rapidly, the electric utility industry must also evolve its cybersecurity defense capabilities. A recent survey of 140 North American electric utilities found that 88% of respondents expect cyberattacks to increase within the next 2 to 3 years. That figure is meteoric and most likely slightly distressing for those bulk power system (BPS) operators that haven’t gotten up to speed on patching their software vulnerabilities quite yet.
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RSI Analysis: Equifax breach a watershed moment, Cybersecurity now Material concern
by RSI Security
written by RSI Security
As of October 4, ever more damning information continues to surge out of the Equifax investigation. The total number of affected American consumers has hit 146 million, with the former-CEO laying blame on a single employee for not implementing a security patch that would have plugged a vulnerability in Apache software (which itself was patched by the vendor 2 months prior).
The WannaCry attacks reached a record high in this past week and the root cause of the chink in the Cybersecurity amour can be traced primarily back to lack of active Patch Management. Active Patch Managementreduces attack surface & improves security posture. Reinforce this essential link in your holistic Cybersecurity chain.