Today we are going to talk about a novel part of the executive order – the Cyber Safety Review Board. It turns out that the act that created the Department of Homeland Security allows DHS to create advisory boards. The EO tells DHS to create an advisory board to review major cybersecurity events. Examples might […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After not doing anything over the last twenty years to protect the cybersecurity of pipelines, the TSA decided they needed to do something – anything – so that they have the appearance of responding the problem. If you get the sense that I am not impressed, you are correct. So what do pipeline operators have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Freaking Ooops: Us Nuke Bunker Security Secrets On Public ‘Net Since 2013 Details of some US nuclear missile bunkers in Europe, including secret duress codewords have been exposed publicly on the Internet. Journalists discovered it by using simple search queries. The information was on training flashcards, which should not have been public. It includes “intricate […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As more police departments are being hit by ransomware attacks, there are several issues to consider. Unfortunately, there is not a simple fix to the problem. First, if the hackers steal data as part of the ransomware attack and then sell or publish it, it could compromise investigations or expose witnesses to physical harm if […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The UK Might Beat Us to Regulating MSPs In the US, anyone can become a managed service provider. Unfortunately, customers may think that comes with security, but usually it does not. The UK is about to create a legally binding cybersecurity framework for managed service providers. This may be the first step at forcing businesses […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This executive order is a big one – and very aggressive. Here is part 3 of what is in it. I am going to keep doing this until I get all the way through this almost 40 page document. In part 2, I provided the abridged version of section 4 of the EO. This is […]
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