ARC has been providing market research on the industrial cybersecurity for many years. Here are some insights on emerging technologies, practices, and processes for enhancing cybersecurity in industrial operations.

 

Jun
07
2018
Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Owl Cyber Defense Unveils ReCon for Secure Bidirectional Communications

Last week, data diode-based cybersecurity supplier Owl Cyber Defense released its Owl ReCon solution. ReCon is different from Owl’s other data diode offerings in that it provides highly-secure bidirectional communications for remote monitoring, operations, and control.
May
25
2018
Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

OPC Statement Regarding Kaspersky Vulnerability Report

OPC Foundation has and continues to be committed to ensuring the OPC UA standard provides the highest levels of security and as such has reviewed the claims made in the Kaspersky report
May
14
2018
— Industry Trends

Standard Software Runtime Environments

Last week ARC published a report I wrote about standard software runtime environments in industrial automation. Since the 1990s many higher-level industrial applications jumped onto Windows software platforms, and this level of standardization enabled a great deal of innovation in the industrial software space. But Windows operating systems were never able to penetrate to the lower levels of automation where process control or machine control takes place. Windows was not designed to do this.
May
10
2018
Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1

he U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released version 1.1 of its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, more widely known as the Cybersecurity Framework.
Apr
18
2018
Larry O'Brien — Industry Trends

Cybersecurity Videos from ARC Forum: Part II

The ARC Industry Forum featured a significant amount of cybersecurity content that continues to find its way onto our YouTube channel, both in the form of professional video interviews and recorded presentations and sessions. 
Mar
20
2018
Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Cybersecurity Videos from ARC Industry Forum: Part I

Cybersecurity was in the forefront of this year's ARC Industry Forum in Orlando. Here's some recent uploads to our YouTube channel that highlight some of the important ICS Cybersecurity issues that end users face today.
Mar
16
2018
Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

US CERT Warns on Russian Government Sponsored Cyber Attacks

Nation states like Russia are funding highly capable hacker groups that can mount sophisticated attacks, from reconnaissance to spear phishing, water holes, remote network access, malware staging, and remote control of industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA).