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Jan 14, 2025 | 
controleng.com | Gary Cohen
Process automation insightsAI, digital twins and robotics are transforming process automation, enabling autonomy, predictive analytics and improved reliability. Integrating operational and information technology enhances collaboration, centralizes operations and supports predictive maintenance. Automation drives green energy projects, while open standards ensure interoperability and future-ready systems.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
industrialcybersecuritypulse.com | Gary Cohen
In today’s interconnected digital landscape, the risks to the industrial sector are greater than ever. Whether these come from outside the organization or from simple human error, the resulting disruptions can be significant, from shutting down operations to causing physical impact. Safety no longer stands alone from cybersecurity; cybersecurity should be intertwined with traditional safety goals.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
industrialcybersecuritypulse.com | Gary Cohen
Ransomware insights:ThreatLabz tracked an 18% increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year. The manufacturing, health care and technology sectors were the top targets of ransomware attacks. The United States remains the top target of ransomware, experiencing nearly 50% of overall attacks, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and France. ThreatLabz identified 19 new ransomware families during the analysis period, bringing the total number to 391 since tracking started.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
industrialcybersecuritypulse.com | Gary Cohen |Tyler Wall
Industrial Cybersecurity Pulse’s top 5 articles from April and May 2024 covered information technology (IT)/operational technology (OT) integration, third-party risk management and building automation cybersecurity. As we do almost every month, we also talked about the massive impact artificial intelligence (AI) is having on industrial cybersecurity. Here is our top-performing content from the past two months. 1.
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May 22, 2024 | 
controleng.com | Gary Cohen
Since its inception in 2005, Arduino has believed strongly in open-source technology and platforms. Representatives of the company promoted how these principles can help drive technology and innovation at the Automate Show 2024 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Open source was the key to Arduino’s popularity with makers early on, but it has also proven to be a business-savvy approach, providing tangible benefits to industries from manufacturing to logistics.
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May 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Gary Cohen
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the SEC have adopted or are proposing substantial increases in regulation of industry participants, primarily investment advisers including advisers to private funds, but also broker-dealers, publicly held companies, and proxy solicitation firms.
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May 1, 2024 | 
industrialcybersecuritypulse.com | Gary Cohen
TrickBot malware is a banking Trojan released in 2016, but it has since evolved well past that. It is now a modular, multiphase malware capable of a wide variety of illicit operations, from stealing credentials and data, to installing backdoors to enable remote access, to downloading and installing other malware or ransomware to carry out secondary attacks. Perhaps the most concerning thing about TrickBot is how modular it has become.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
industrialcybersecuritypulse.com | Gary Cohen
For years, the basic precept in cybersecurity was that threat actors primarily targeted information technology (IT) systems. The idea was that thanks to air gapping and complexity, operational technology (OT) was generally safe. It takes specific knowledge to understand how to hit a programmable logic controller (PLC) or water/wastewater plant. However, in their recent year in review report, Dragos identified a new threat group, VOLTZITE, that has been targeting industrial organizations since 2021.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
industrialcybersecuritypulse.com | Gary Cohen
Whether we’re ready for it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to industrial networks. Many manufacturers are already using it to help with efficiency gains and cost reduction. But what are the ethical ramifications of using AI in cybersecurity, and should the government be regulating it more? The ICS Pulse Podcast recently sat down with Ethan Schmertzler of Dispel to talk about AI’s impact on industrial cybersecurity and moving target defense. The following has been edited for clarity.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
industrialcybersecuritypulse.com | Gary Cohen
In recent years, the masses have gotten their first real taste of artificial intelligence (AI), thanks to tools like ChatGPT. But both attackers and defenders have been using AI in cybersecurity for some time. So what does this mean for the industry, and what should manufacturers and critical infrastructure be preparing for? And how much of a threat are AI-assisted attacks?
