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June 12, 2025

5 Signs It’s Time for an ICS Risk Assessment

Risk assessments are a fundamental part of maintaining security protocols. But unlike formal security audits, there isn’t...
ics audit, ics risk, ics risk assessment
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Cybersecurity Musings
June 6, 2025

How Can SCADA Security Protect Infrastructure Networks?

The manufacturing, oil & gas, water, and electrical sectors of critical infrastructure are built upon vast and complex...
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Cybersecurity Musings
May 29, 2025

SCADA vs Industrial IoT: Important Differences Between Systems

Even highly-trained professionals can become confused when it comes to terms like SCADA versus industrial IoT. The differences...
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NERC CIP Compliance Standards
Cybersecurity Musings
May 21, 2025

6 Standards for NERC CIP Compliance

Modern life depends on the electricity that powers our homes, vital industrial infrastructures, and the entire global economy...
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Mitigating Manufacturing Industry Cybersecurity Threats
Cybersecurity Musings
May 15, 2025

5 Tips to Mitigate Manufacturing Industry Cybersecurity Threats

Being prepared for manufacturing industry cybersecurity threats means ICS (industrial control system) practitioners are always...
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Cybersecurity Musings
May 7, 2025

Begin Your Visibility Journey Using PCAP Analysis

A fruitful visibility journey starts with network monitoring and PCAP analysis. Network monitoring is a core component of...
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OT infrastructure in Star Wars: A New Hope
Cybersecurity Musings
May 1, 2025

OT Infrastructure Spotted in the Star Wars Universe

There’s a Venn diagram of Star Wars fans and operational technology (OT) geeks. I am a proud member of the middle section...
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Securing Electric Utilities with EmberOT
Cybersecurity Musings
April 23, 2025

Securing Electric Utilities with EmberOT

Electric utilities face a litany of specific challenges when it comes to security. Supply chain woes, disparate systems,...
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Zero Trust Meets OT: Securing Critical Infrastructure
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April 18, 2025

Zero Trust Meets OT: John Has Trust Issues podcast

Jori VanAntwerp joins John Martinez on the StrongDM “John Has Trust Issues” podcast to discuss zero trust in...
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Cybersecurity Musings
April 17, 2025

Using Asset Management Cybersecurity to Reduce Risk

It’s always useful to learn as much as possible from recent ransomware and cyberattacks that impact critical infrastructure....
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