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The Cost of Cyberattacks Is Less than You Might Think

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, costbenefitanalysis, cyberattack, cybersecurity, databreaches, externalities, nationalsecuritypolicy, nist, reputation, Security technology, securityengineering, securitystandards

Interesting research from Sasha Romanosky at RAND: Abstract: In 2013, the US President signed an executive order designed to help secure the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. As part of that order, he directed the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a framework that would become an authoritative source for information security … Read More “The Cost of Cyberattacks Is Less than You Might Think” »

New Presidential Directive on Incident Response

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, fbi, incidentresponse, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology

Last week, President Obama issued a policy directive (PPD-41) on cyber-incident response coordination. The FBI is in charge, which is no surprise. Actually, there’s not much surprising in the document. I suppose it’s important to formalize this stuff, but I think it’s what happens now. News article. Brief analysis. The FBI’s perspective. Powered by WPeMatico

Hacking Attack Causes Physical Damage at German Steel Mill

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, germany, hacking, hardware, ics, infrastructure, phishing, Security technology

This sort of thing is still very rare, but I fear it will become more common: …hackers had struck an unnamed steel mill in Germany. They did so by manipulating and disrupting control systems to such a degree that a blast furnace could not be properly shut down, resulting in “massive” — though unspecified — … Read More “Hacking Attack Causes Physical Damage at German Steel Mill” »