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CISA JCDC Will Focus on Energy Sector

Security Affairs

The JCDC has seen the benefits of collaboration for exigent risks (such as the heightened awareness and protection related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Log4Shell vulnerability) but sees a remaining gap when it comes to imminent risk. To address this gap, the JCDC is planning proactive measures for future cyber risks.

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Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Krebs on Security

For years, potential creditors have judged the relative risk of extending credit to consumers based in part on the applicant’s credit score — the most widely used being the score developed by FICO , previously known as Fair Isaac Corporation. Data accidentally released by FICO about the Cyber Risk Score for ExxonMobil.

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‘Everyone’s half asleep, and bosses don’t want trouble’: The struggle to secure utilities

SC Magazine

Padraic O’Reilly, co-founder of cyber risk firm CyberSaint, shared insights with SC Media, having worked directly with water systems, electric providers, energy companies and other utilities to assess cyber risk and prevent cyberattacks. Who’s the most secure among the utilities?

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MY TAKE: Iran’s cyber retaliation for Soleimani assassination continues to ramp up

The Last Watchdog

Issued a few days after the killing, the report assesses cyber risks of North American electrical utilities, identifying 11 hacking groups that target energy sector companies. The Drago report lends color to this looming threat, a threat that was in place when a U.S. drone fired on Gen. Soleimani’s carcade.

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Ask the Expert: What are ways we can balance / reduce the workload of the various audit and compliance exercises?

Security Boulevard

Michael DeLoach, Solution Consultant at Iceberg Networks and Mitch Blackburn, Global Head of Energy & Utilities Industry Solutions at ServiceNow discuss how organizations within the energy industry can balance the workload associated with audit and compliance exercises.

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Ask the Expert: As we see (and expect) regulatory changes and additions, how should companies adjust?

Security Boulevard

Michael DeLoach, Solution Consultant at Iceberg Networks and Mitch Blackburn, Global Head of Energy & Utilities Industry Solutions at ServiceNow sat down to answer some more of the questions that they are hearing within the energy industry about how organizations should respond to new and changing regulations.

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Why so many companies still find moving to DevSecOps hard

SC Magazine

Security pros face great challenges in managing all the products and tools they use to handle the cyber risks they face. Secure and insecure code requires the same effort to write; it’s gaining the knowledge to code securely that takes the real energy. sebastian.rittau CreativeCommons Credit: CC BY 2.0.