In any mission-critical facility, the definition of “technology” is more complicated than just saying it’s IT. Some components deal with data creation, transmission, monitoring, and storage, and they must work together to facilitate day-to-day work. There are also many mechanisms, such as manufacturing equipment, sensors, IoT, and the systems that are used to manage production …
The other day the White House sent a warning message to organizations: “Patch your system!” The recent hacks on Microsoft Exchange Server even elicited a response from the President. That shows you the seriousness of vulnerability management not just in government systems but in all types of organizations. The recently uncovered hack is only the latest …
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It was great to see old cyber security colleagues and friends again last week at the NEI Cyber Security Implementation Workshop in Boston. While speaking to the attendees, my colleagues at WizNucleus and I noted that the manpower support necessary to perform required vulnerability assessments is a significant challenge for most of them. For example, …
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WizNucleus Launches WizID™ for Continuous Monitoring of Access Using AI- Powered Behavioral Analytics The New Technology, as an add-on to WizNucleus Cyberwiz-Pro™ (CWP), Extends its Current Capabilities and Delivers Realtime Passive Monitoring and Analysis of User Data During All Sessions and Alerts Based on Monitored Profiles and Access Events. West Palm Beach, Fl—WizNucleus, Inc., a …
Helping our Customers go Beyond Milestone 8 Learn how Cyberwiz-Pro is helping nuclear power plant customers to replace their manual assessments and building a robust and sustainable System of Record 2017 was a busy year for us. Our nuclear power plant customers have been fully leveraging the power of our software to get ready for …
Nuclear Cybersecurity Management–Transitioning from Project to Program-Spreadsheets to Database With the Milestone 8 full implementation date here, nuclear power plants (NPP) face a host of new challenges. Among those challenges is how they might go about validating their completed CDA assessments and sustaining their cybersecurity program. Regardless of their current state, they must ask themselves …
Also, chances are, you did not have the luxury of getting all the cyber assessment workload done internally; you might have engaged outside contractors and consultants (sometimes in large numbers) trying to get ready for Milestone 8. The Milestone 8 Inspection date is nearing and project budgets are shrinking; you may now have to manage the program with constraints of in-house resources.
Six times in 2013, Iranian hackers took over the control system for the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, New York. When the news broke, reporters became focused on the vulnerability of America’s infrastructure. They missed an important point. The Bowman Avenue Dam isn’t exactly declared as a critical infrastructure at the current moment. It …
As NERC CIP v6 got approved by FERC’s Order 822 earlier this year, the burden of meeting compliance requirements and ensuring the protection of BES Cyber Assets is only increasing. The Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards are designed to provide the minimum requirements that an enterprise will require to prevent faults and cyber-attacks, and ensure …
NERC CIP v6 Compliance – Three Things to Consider Read More »
Most Utilities I talk to kept April 1, 2016 as their internal NERC CIP V5 deadline even though they received a reprieve to July. Congratulations are in order for most as internal compliance dates were achieved. What I’m hearing is that they were able to cobble together their cyber assets and attributes in various ways …
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