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Modern information and communication technologies, advanced buildings, utilities and infrastructure, transportation and traffic management, are all components found within Smart Cities. Smart Cities have become essential for the long term strategy of population support, and attempt to address challenges such as urbanisation, high population growth, safety, limited resources and climate change. However, Smart buildings may […]

In 2019 Norsk Hydro, the Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, shut several metal extrusion and rolled products plants due a LockerGoga cyber attack, forcing them to ultimately switch to fully manual running. LockerGoga hit numerous industrial and manufacturing firms with likely catastrophic consequences, including Momentive and Hexion. – Wired Accounting for over 10% of

There has been a 400% increase in maritime related cyber attacks since February 2020. Cyber threats to operation technology like ECDIS and GPS, dynamic positioning, engine and cargo management no longer pose commercial and logistical risks to companies, but danger to life and the environment. With the digitisation of industrial control systems (ICS), vessels and

The Energy sector is a key target for cyber attackers. An industry-wide survey conducted by Siemens and the Ponemon Institute in the summer of 2019, asked utility sector cyber security officers about the frequency of cyber attacks. Respondents estimated that 30% of cyber attacks on OT went undetected. Saudi Aramco, a leading producer of energy

If you are responsible for the security of your organisation’s systems and data, life has got a lot more complicated for you over the last few years. In this new world people want the flexibility to work from anywhere. Every person, every device, every server can now be secured using a cloud-first secure global network

It is important for any business, big or small, to have a security operations centre (SOC).  A Security Operations Centre is a central location where an information/cyber security team monitors, detects, analyses and resolves cybersecurity incidents. This security team is often available 24/7, 365 days a year and is made up of security analysts who

Operational Technology surrounds and affects our lives in many obvious and hidden ways; automatically monitoring safe, reliable production and replacing highly manual repetitive tasks. Critical to Operational Technology are warning safety systems that alert operators when something is going wrong, or a critical event is about to happen. Operational Technology (OT) is the use of

According to the United Kingdom Government, in 2020-2021, four in ten businesses reported having cyber security breaches in that time period and the most common cyber attack by far is Phishing, which makes up 83% of all the attacks. Phishing is a type of a Social engineering attack that is carried out through fake emails

With Christmas having recently passed, many households have new devices that were received as gifts on Christmas day. These new devices can provide entertainment and be an excellent gift, however they can also pose a threat. An investigation from Which? discovered that homes filled with smart devices could be vulnerable to up to 12,000 hacking

A NOC (Network Operations Center) is a central location where IT teams can continuously monitor the performance and health of a network, 24/7. The NOC serves as the first line of defence against network disruptions and failures. As well as monitoring the software and traffic of a network, a NOC is able to maintain the