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The CSIAC has produced a short follow-up on recent cybersecurity headlines. Critical infrastructure incidents continue to make news headlines on a consistent basis. This podcast takes a deeper dive into understanding the cybersecurity challenges this sector faces. Additionally, the CSIAC offers a look into what some organizations, both offensive and defensive, are doing to address these important challenges.

CS Digest Articles Discussed:

Alerts Issued for Zero-Day Flaws in SCADA Systems

The Industrial Control Systems Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has published a total of six advisories to warn organizations about a series of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system vulnerabilities disclosed by a researcher at the recent DEFCON conference in Las Vegas.

ISIS is Attacking the U.S. Energy Grid (and Failing)

The Islamic State is trying to hack American electrical power companies – but they are terrible at it.

New Wave of Cyberattacks Against Ukrainian Power Industry

The cyberattacks against the Ukrainian electric power industry continue.

Nuclear Power Plants from All Over the World Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

By coincidence, two studies were released yesterday and they both put more light on the sorry state of cyber-security protocols used in nuclear power plants that fail to protect these crucial infrastructure points against cyberattacks.

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James Rice
James Rice
James Rice is a Cybersecurity Instructor at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) and was the Lead Instructor for the GenCyber summer camps at MVCC for 2016 and 2017. He is also a cybersecurity analyst at Quanterion Solutions Incorporated.

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