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Protecting Oil and Gas Industry Infrastructure: Strategies for Resilience

SecureWorld News

With the increasing reliance on digital technologies for operational efficiency, this sector has become a prime target for sophisticated cyber and physical threats. To ensure energy security and economic stability, protecting the infrastructure is essential.

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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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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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Microsoft's Majorana 1 and the Path to Scalable Quantum Computing

SecureWorld News

Commercialization acceleration: Microsoft has been selected as one of two companies in DARPA's US2QC (Utility-Scale Quantum Computing) program, aiming to fast-track practical quantum systems. Energy & sustainability: Optimizing carbon capture, finding catalysts to break down plastics, and improving battery materials.

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Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges

SC Magazine

With a career spanning two decades as a technology provider to businesses and government agencies, Levine brings a strategic and pragmatic approach to building secure software and cloud services without disrupting product velocity. Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

5G technology will improve some IoT use cases, thereby adding to the proliferation of IoT devices – a phenomena individuals and organizations aren’t prepared to fully defend in the immediate future. Untrusted proprietary technologies that fail to meet these standards pose lingering threats to their clients and inefficiencies.

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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

The Security Ledger

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments.

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