It’s been 18 years since the first National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), a campaign that was initially launched by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance in order to empower both consumers and corporations in defending against cyber threats.
Cyber attacks on small municipal systems and infrastructures have been increasing in the past year, and this is a serious concern as it involves the lives of the people that these public systems serve. Earlier this year, cyber attackers accessed a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida and warnings were out of sight.
President Biden has signed an executive order intending to protect American infrastructure from cyber attacks. The order was signed the day after the White House warned that cyber-attacks could “lead to a real shooting war”.
Efforts to put greater emphasis on cyber security aren’t new but the importance of the issue was clearly driven home by the attack against Colonial Pipeline,
IoT (INTERNET OF THINGS) devices were created in 1999. Since then, companies are continuously adding more and more IoT devices in their workspace as these devices make work a lot easier and faster. IoT devices are constantly upgrading with new features. The toaster is considered the first IoT device introduced in the market. And now there are thousands of IoT devices present in the market, for example, air quality sensors, Wi-fi typewriters, smart tennis rackets, etc.
It is vital to put in place a security plan to protect your company’s Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT) database systems and prevent ransomware attacks that has been increasing in occurences in the past 2 years.
A study done in 2014 by ARC called “The Future of Industrial Cyber Security”, highlighted the need for a developed security plan for organizations.
ATS has recently concluded its first webinar as a certified Cisco IoT Advantage Specialization Partner.
Participating in Cisco’s IoT Advantage Specialization Partner program and adding Cisco’s solution to our OT cyber security solutions portfolio, has enabled ATS to widen our cyber security strategy playbook and approach the prevailing issue of industrial cyber security issue head-on.
As cyber threats to critical infrastructure sites around the world continue to dominate news cycles, the topic of industrial cyber security becomes an increasingly important point of discussion.
ATS Advanced Technical Solutions is therefore happy to announce the first upcoming webinar as a certified Cisco IoT Advantage Specialization Partner.