Top news of the week: 29.07.2021.
Threats And Attacks
'Holy Moly!': Inside Texas' Fight Against a Ransomware Hack
Ransomware attacks in Texas were a harbinger of the now-exploding threat and offer a vivid case study in what happens behind the scenes when small-town America comes under attack
Healthcare and Public Health Sector
Cybersecurity threats to healthcare organizations and patient safety are real. Health information technology provides critical life-saving functions and consists of connected, networked ...
National Security Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
Protection of our Nation’s critical infrastructure is a responsibility of the government at the Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial levels and of the owners and operators of that ...
Government Calls On Pipeline Companies To Step Up Defenses Against Cyber Attacks
In response to the cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline, which caused the shutdown of the pipeline for more than a week last May, the federal government is calling on the nation’s most ...
Biden: If U.S. has 'real shooting war' it could be result of cyber attacks
President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that if the United States ended up in a "real shooting war" with a "major power" it could be the result of a significant cyber attack on the country, ...
Biden Administration Responds to Geopolitical Cyber Threats
In response to growing concerns regarding the recent uptick in large-scale, nation-state-backed ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure, the Biden adminis
The Cyber Apocalypse Never Came. Here’s What We Got Instead.
Over the past decade, cyber warfare has changed in ways the experts didn’t see coming.
Government IT decision makers worried about security risks related to cloud migration
Nearly 70% of U.S. government IT decision makers surveyed view security risks as the top barrier to the process of cloud migration.