Threat detection and monitoring begins with the addition of network test access points (TAPs) in power plants and substations at multiple levels of a SCADA network.

It appears that technology soon will be a component of almost every type of contracting opportunity in government.

Backup practices are not only key to recovery, they’re also key to identifying when an attack has occurred, assessing the impact, and mitigating downtime — or, at least, they should be.

Anchorage Digital is a regulated institutional platform and the first crypto company to receive a national bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

If you haven’t read “The Cuckoo’s Egg,” I highly recommend it; however, it’s not required to proceed.

If you work in a unique area of the mission critical industry, I want to hear more about it, so I can share it with the rest of the readers too.

Change is one thing the mission critical industry has never lacked, but, it’s safe to say the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up the rate at which it’s taking place. So, what does that mean for the digital transformation, cybersecurity, sustainability, workforce development, the edge, and the cloud? And, what about cryptocurrency, quantum computing, AI, machine learning, AR/VR, and the metaverse?

In January, a White House Memorandum called for U.S. government agencies to identify any encryption not compliant with quantum-proof standards and provide a timeline toward transition. Separately, the French national security agency (ANSSI) recommended the immediate introduction of post-quantum defenses throughout the private sector.

With the cybersecurity landscape at a significant turning point, security executives must learn from last year’s major, disruptive breaches to prevent further attacks from impacting their businesses.

Keith Krach — who has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work defending against Chinese "techno-authoritarianism" and leveraging the technological advantages of the U.S. to work toward a new form of diplomacy — tells quite a story in this episode of The Thought Cloud.