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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 having operations disrupted by ransomware. In the last year, such attacks have swept through every s...

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 city's water treatment network and dangerously increased the level of lye. (Photo: YouTube) A hacker breached a Florida city's 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 intrusion and quickly reverse the setting before it took effect. Reuters reports that the intruder was ...

A satellite view of Oldsmar's 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 of CI Security, who formerly worked at the Department of Homeland Security. The Friday attack again...

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 for adversaries seeking to exploit chaos for their own ends. The House voted 232-197 in favor of im...

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