President Joe Biden urged a group of CEOs to help improve cybersecurity across the nation’s critical infrastructure and economy, citing a lack of trained professionals to adequately protect the U.S.
August 26, 2021Cybersecurity News Updates
US Moves to Better Protect Infrastructure From Cyberthreats
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is eyeing ways to harden cybersecurity defenses for critical infrastructure, announcing July 28 the development of performance goals and a voluntary public-private partnership to protect core sectors.
July 28, 2021Infrastructure Stakeholders Promote Cybersecurity Investments
Nearly three months after a cyberattack against a prominent petroleum products distributor on the East Coast, groups representing various infrastructure sectors called for robust methods to protect the country’s freight and mobility grids.
July 22, 2021Reliable. Cost-Effective. Are You Destined for the Cloud?
Program Aired: June 10, 2021. Cost-Savings. Security. Uptime. Explore the basics and learn just what a move to the cloud for services, hosting, computing and executing applications can do for your business success quickly and painlessly. Experts share why a switch to the cloud is a “must” for companies in the transportation and logistics space.Â
June 10, 2021Lawmakers Chide Colonial Pipeline for Weak Cybersecurity
U.S. lawmakers criticized Colonial Pipeline Co.’s cybersecurity practices as the company’s CEO faced his second day of questioning on Capitol Hill.
June 9, 2021US Recovers Millions in Ransom From Colonial Pipeline Hackers
The U.S. recovered almost all the bitcoin ransom paid to the perpetrators of the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline Co. in May in a sign that law enforcement is capable of pursuing online criminals even when they operate outside the nation’s borders.
June 7, 2021Energy Chief Jennifer Granholm Cites Risk of Cyberattacks Crippling Power Grid
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on June 6 called for more public-private cooperation on cyber defenses and said U.S. adversaries already are capable of using cyber intrusions to shut down the U.S. power grid.
June 7, 2021JBS Poised to Reopen Most Meat Plants Hobbled by Cyberattack
JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, has made “significant progress” to resolve the cyberattack that hit its global operations and will have the “vast majority” of its plants operational June 2.
June 2, 2021Securing Your IT Network
Protecting your trucking company’s computer network from the latest cyberthreats is an even greater challenge in 2021 given the stubborn persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to security pros.
May 21, 2021Granholm: Fuel Crisis Is Near Its End
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.
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