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Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on February 17, 2021. As policymakers dissect options to combat ransomware, Neuberger could be among the primary voices at the White House. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) On Wednesday – just Wednesday – news stories emerged about an airplane maker, information technology giant and computer game company all ...

Get Permission City Manager Al Braithwaite (left), Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri (center) and Mayor Eric Seidel of Oldsmar, Florida, say a hacker infiltrated the citys water treatment network and dangerously increased the level of lye. (Photo: YouTube) A hacker breached a Florida citys water treatment network on Friday, increasing the amount of lye that would have been added to the water to a dangerous level. But city officials in Oldsmar, Florida, say they were able to spot the intru...

A satellite view of Oldsmars water reclamation facility (Photo: Google Maps) As the investigation into the hacking of a water treatment facility in Florida continues, cybersecurity experts say the incident points to the urgent need to enhance operational technology security. "The lesson to be learned here is that public sector organizations that provide critical services - which are largely unregulated for security - need some scrutiny on their IT and OT security," says Mike Hamilton, the CISO ...

Protesters gather around the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo: Tyler Merbler via Wikipedia/CC) President Donald J. Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday on a charge of inciting an insurrection, one week after a riot at the U.S. Capitol led to the deaths of five people. Many experts don’t believe the impeachment will have a direct impact on cybersecurity. But they warn that the ongoing turmoil surrounding the White House could create fresh opportunities...

Equifax CISO Jamil Farshchi The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers cybersecurity leadership lessons from Equifax CISO Jamil Farshchi and Mastercards deputy CSO, Alissa "Dr. Jay" Abdullah. In this report, youll hear (click on player beneath image to listen): Farshchi size up lessons learned three years after the Equifax breach; Mastercards Abdullah discuss refining cybersecurity leadership techniques; Tom Kellerman, head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware Carbon Black, comment o...

Security Long Reads: Cyber insiders reveal what’s to come in 2021 In this long read, we gather together the thoughts of cyber security insiders from across the industry to get their take on what will happen in 2021 Share this item with your network: By Published: 24 Dec 2020 As we close the door on a year that the industry will surely look back on as one of the most difficult and dangerous periods in history for cyber security teams, there can be no doubt that 2020 brought foundational c...

The cross hairs. >> we acknowledge the threat. it is real. it is continuing. >> make no mistake, the scope of this foreign influence threat is both broad and deep. a dire warning from the nations top intelligence chiefs last week with primaries in four states today, a special election and other. how vulnerable is the u.s. election system to a cyber attack. joining us now, tom, you heard the intelligence chief last week what was your assessment were they sending the right message? >> yes, they ...

Microphone could be leveraged to the fact there f theres an important meeting today or tonight. >> i dont want to think about that. that sounds scary. what does the government need to do to stop this? >> they need to impose greater security standards on the electoral systems and critical infrastructures of the u.s. by leveraging next gen technologies and funding the security of america. >> any sign theyre doing this? >> dhs and fbi are trying hard. theyve got a herculean task in front of them bu...

Attacked 500,000 times a day by cyber attacks enter code caused some $2 trillion in 2019. tom. >> we are dealing with a cyber insurgency. a cyber insurgency that began about 20 years ago up through orchestrated efforts by both the chinese and russian governments. what has changed is not hackers from around the world are colonizing u.s. cyber space because there is a myriad of attack tools that allow them to take over and commandeer everything from networks at banks to these home personal assista...

>> bret: tom, we appreciate your time. it is something that we really want to keep track of here on "special report." we will be doing that this week. thank you. also, all this week, we are previewing our special coming up this sunday on the transition between president dwight eisenhower and john f. kennedy. there are some parallels to what is happening with this years presidential changeover. >> eisenhower, by draining the swamp, so to speak, he intended to restore a sense of well-being and nor...