Colonial Pipeline Attack: We re Simply Unprepared
Compliance
SecurityEditor) • May 13, 2021
Bernie Cowens, EVP, CSO, Utility Technology Solutions As former CISO of Pacific Gas & Electric, Bernie Cowens knows plenty about cyber securing the nation s critical infrastructure. He shares his informed opinion on the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and what public and private sector entities must do to shore up key defenses.
The significance of this latest hit to critical infrastructure;
How security leaders can help mitigate the biggest risks;
What needs to be done to ward off such attacks.
Cowens, EVP and CSO at Utility Technology Solutions, a startup organization, was formerly vice president and CISO at Pacific Gas and Electric Co., where he was responsible for leading companywide efforts to identify and manage cybersecurity risk to protect critical infrastructure and information assets. Ea
Colonial Pipeline Attack: All Monsters Are Human
Compliance
SecurityEditor) • May 12, 2021
Sam Curry, CSO, Cybereason
In April, Cybereason published a blog describing its research into the DarkSide ransomware strain that infected Colonial Pipeline this past week. Sam Curry, CSO of Cybereason, shares insights on DarkSide and the tactics behind the new breed of ransomware attacks.
The significance of this attack;
What we know about DarkSide and the actors behind it;
Steps organizations can take to enhance ransomware defenses and response. Curry, CSO at Cybereason, previously served as chief technology and security officer at Arbor Networks. Prior to that role, he spent more than seven years at RSA (the security division of EMC) in a variety of senior management positions, including chief strategy officer and chief technologist and senior vice president of product management and product market
Colonial Pipeline Attack: All Monsters Are Human
Compliance
SecurityEditor) • May 12, 2021
Sam Curry, CSO, Cybereason
In April, Cybereason published a blog describing its research into the DarkSide ransomware strain that infected Colonial Pipeline this past week. Sam Curry, CSO of Cybereason, shares insights on DarkSide and the tactics behind the new breed of ransomware attacks.
The significance of this attack;
What we know about DarkSide and the actors behind it;
Steps organizations can take to enhance ransomware defenses and response. Curry, CSO at Cybereason, previously served as chief technology and security officer at Arbor Networks. Prior to that role, he spent more than seven years at RSA (the security division of EMC) in a variety of senior management positions, including chief strategy officer and chief technologist and senior vice president of product management and product market
The trucker shortage is expected to impact the delivery of goods including gas.
The national average of gasoline has risen by 4.5 cents per gallon in just the last week, averaging just $3.00 a gallon.
Experts said without drivers readily available, this could make gas supply tight in some areas.
As for gas prices, we could see those rise with the pipeline remaining closed.
While Colonial Pipeline is shut down due to a cyberattack, if they cannot turn their systems back on, we could see those prices at the pump rise.
As for this cyberattack, they are now becoming all too common.