“Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows” – Helen Keller Wired[1] cites a Dragos report[2] on a cyber-attack on ICS with affect on well-being of society. The attack was performed using the MODBUS protocol[3] and was able to manipulate ICS devices (ENCON PLC) to cause heating systems to fail in […]
Tag: cybersecurity
Impressions of the U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy of 2023
Was busy at a resilience workshop in Germany last week when the buzz started to peak about the release of the latest version of the U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy[1]. As someone who headed task forces to prepare the first Military Defence Strategy (2000) and first National Defense System Cybersecurity Strategy (2009) of Lithuania and served […]
Sometimes giving a speech is better than issuing a memorandum
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none […]
Zero Trust and ICS
The goal of Zero Trust is getting data securely across network, storage, and computing infrastructure you may not trust. The message is usually between two software entities that are trusted with human beings behind them. But that’s not what happens in an Industrial Control System, such as a DCS or a PLC based plant system. […]