Cybersecurity Viewpoints

This ARC industrial cybersecurity survey is designed to gain insight into your perceptions and needs around cybersecurity of Operational Technology (OT) / Industrial Control Systems (ICS). The topic "Industrial Cyber Security" is becoming more and more important as industrial production facilities are increasingly becoming targets of cyber-attacks.

CISA, the Critical Infrastructure Security Agency that works under DHS and is charged with protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, recently released a really good paper on how to build cybersecurity into your smart city project.  The name of the paper is “Trust in Smart City Systems: Characteristics and Key Considerations”  

The new Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity Suite release (R200) incorporates new features, such as enhanced industrial-grade remote access, increased asset discovery capabilities with active and passive functionality, and improved cybersecurity risk monitoring.

Siemens to acquire Cambridge, UK-based UltraSoC Technologies Ltd., a provider of instrumentation and analytics solutions that put capabilities into the core hardware of system-on-chip (SoC).to Drive Design for Silicon Lifecycle Management

ARC has partnered with the IMSA to do a series of smart cities focused webinars. I will be hosting this week’s webinar, which covers the subject of cybersecurity in smart cities. I will be talking about the unique set of cybersecurity challenges facing smart cities, the impact of COVID-19 on cybersecurity, the cybersecurity vendor landscape, the vendor selection process as it relates to cybersecurity, relevant standards, and more.

CyberX, the IoT/OT security company, announced that it is being acquired by Microsoft.

Bayshore Networks recently announced its SCADAwall unidirectional gateway.  On June 24, the company will be hosting a webinar on how unidirectional gateways can enable better cybersecurity.  The webinar will air twice on June 24.

Bayshore Networks announces the release of SCADAwall, a new hardware device that provides safe, non-routable, one-way data transfer from trusted sources in-plant to untrusted destinations.

“Driving Digital Transformation in Industry“: The ARC Industry Forum Europe is being reinvented as a virtual event, May 18th – 20th, with sessions on Cybersecurity and Safety, among others.

Coming up this Thursday at 10 AM Central time, Owl Cyber Defense will be hosting part II of its webinar series on securing the electric grid through isolation and segmentation.  Owl is partnering with firm Security Limits to offer a new solution for fully converged IT/IoT/OT environments, and last week's discussion was intriguing.