Listen "Cybersecurity Risks in The Critical Infrastructure Sectors - Ep 65"
Episode Synopsis
How do you stop cybersecurity issues in the critical infrastructure sectors? It has been inspired by a series of blog posts that focus on Cyber security threats in healthcare and public health Risks and Cybersecurity in the energy sector Cyber security in financial services Cybersecuirty in critical manufacturing"Some of the threats are common among the different sectors. Certainly these large scale kind of ransomware attacks is impacting healthcare. Bu it's also impacting the manufacturing sector. You know, 13% of all ransomware attacks last year were attributed to those in the manufacturing sector. Because if your production line’s down you're motivated to pay. And ransomware attackers know that."" I think the reality is we can no longer assume that we have a landscape where people will play nice. For example what's going on between Ukraine and Russia, where cyber is being used as one of the elements of war. And if we are in a conflict in the future, our adversary is most likely going to be leveraging cyber and will look for weaknesses in our infrastructure. We've got to change the priority and the voluntary approach doesn't seem to work. So whether it be through carrot or stick we need to motivate each of these operators to raise their game. Because time's running out."Follow or subscribe to the show on your preferred podcast platform.Share the show with others in the cybersecurity world.Get in touch via [email protected] As featured on Million Podcasts' Best 100 Cybersecurity Podcast and Best 70 Chief Information Security Officer CISO Podcasts rankings.
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