Submitted by Heather MacKenzie on Wed, 2013-01-09 10:37
Google gave interviews over the holidays discussing the top searches done by people in various countries in 2012 (Google Zeitgeist 2012). “Zeitgeist” is “spirit of the age or spirit of the time” and it is interesting to see that for the U.S. the top search for the year was for Whitney Houston, while in Germany it was for EM12 (European football championships) and in Australia it was for Gangnam Style.
Submitted by Eric Byres on Wed, 2012-08-22 10:33
Over the past month, I have received a number of emails and seen a number of LinkedIn articles suggesting that I was attacking the concept of data diodes when I stated that Air Gaps are a myth. Unfortunately, this is a serious misunderstanding of my message to the SCADA/ICS community.
Submitted by Heather MacKenzie on Wed, 2012-08-01 21:00
Engineers as well as IT staff in the process control and SCADA industries have varying levels of knowledge about industrial cyber security. We come across this regularly when talking to people at industry events or speaking with customers or partners. To help you, no matter where you are in the learning curve, we have recently released a five-part video series.
This article summarizes the videos and provides you with direct access to them.
Submitted by ernest.hayden on Thu, 2012-07-26 12:54
Submitted by Eric Byres on Tue, 2012-07-17 10:18
Last week I discussed how security experts and ICS / SCADA vendors are giving up on the dream of the air gap as a viable security solution for the modern control system. Unfortunately, it is still all too easy to believe your control system is isolated.
Recently I had a very enlightening conversation with a control engineer who thought his system was air gapped.
Submitted by Eric Byres on Thu, 2012-07-12 21:00
Last week I updated my air gap blog from 2011. I noted some companies (like Siemens) no longer mention air gaps. Then to keep things balanced, I added new examples of consultants that support the air gap theory. In particular, I selected this quote from Paul Ferguson at Trend Micro:
Submitted by Eric Byres on Thu, 2012-07-05 11:17
Editor's Note: This is an updated version of this article, which was first published on June 30, 2011
|
Recently I gave a talk focused on air gaps as a security strategy in control systems. The talk was at the AusCERT 2012 conference and to my amazement, it generated a large amount of discussion in the media both inside and outside Australia. Here are a few examples: |
Submitted by Eric Byres on Wed, 2012-03-14 17:36
|
As someone working in the field of industrial cyber security I never thought I would see the day when a cyber attack would be the topic of a prime time television show. |
Submitted by Eric Byres on Wed, 2012-02-08 11:17
