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FOCAL POINTS
INCIDENTS
Patch Tuesday Fixes 1,415 Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities were flying around Redmond, Washington for the month of October as the software giant fixed 1,415 issues affecting products, including 85 that Microsoft labeled as critical.
OT Advisories
Swann Communications Camera Mitigations
Swann Communications has an interim mitigation suggestion available to handle a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in its SWIFI-SE2KIC firmware, according to a report with CISA.
COMPANY/PRODUCT NEWS
OT Pact: IBM, Tributech Partner to Secure AI Data
London, England-based data integrity provider for OT and IoT environments, Tributech, inked a collaboration deal with IBM Consulting to secure data gleaned from an AI environment.
GOVERNMENT
Feds Issue Ivanti Advisory
Ivanti just disclosed a new exploited vulnerability affecting Ivanti Connect Secure versions 25.1.1.1 and prior, 25.1.2.2 and prior, and 22.8R2.4 and prior, and CISA just released an advisory to raise the level of awareness for security professionals.
VIEWS
Not Cold Statistics, But Real People that Died on the Job
Ben Morrissey and Max Morrissey surely came into work September 20, 2022, with the usual thoughts on their minds like what do we have to do today to keep things up and running, what can I learn, is there any nonsense I have to deal with at the office? That kind of thing.
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
Grant to Help University Mold Quantum Cyber Workforce
Much like artificial intelligence today, as quantum computing advances, it will create new cybersecurity challenges that will require a workforce trained to protect critical systems and infrastructure.
CAREERS
Grant to Help University Mold Quantum Cyber Workforce
Much like artificial intelligence today, as quantum computing advances, it will create new cybersecurity challenges that will require a workforce trained to protect critical systems and infrastructure.
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Linux Kernel Bug Could Elevate Privileges
A Linux kernel vulnerability could allow an attacker with only ordinary user privileges to seize the system’s highest-level administrator, or root, privileges which could affect the latest Android devices.
STANDARDS
Cyber Exposure Provider Joins ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance
Cybersecurity exposure provider, DeNexus, joined the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA), which focuses on strengthening OT cybersecurity through education, knowledge sharing and industry collaboration.
RESEARCH
New Perspective on Cybersecurity Budgeting
As cyberattacks grow in frequency, sophistication and financial impact, organizations face a deceptively simple but increasingly urgent question: How much should we spend on cybersecurity?
Industry Voices
AI just crossed from cyber hype into cyber capability. The only defense that scales with it is the unglamorous work most teams keep deferring – Fundamentals.
AI agents are coming for your business. Industry predictions claim the number of tasks executed by agents will grow at a CAGR of 524 percent to reach 415 trillion by 2030.
The next wave of corporate endpoints is already here. AI-powered PCs, equipped with dedicated neural processing units (NPUs), which have the capability to run generative AI workloads locally on the endpoint instead of sending data to the cloud.
In today’s interconnected industrial landscape, whether or not cybersecurity threats are increasing is no longer up for debate. The most valuable discussion now centers on how we collectively address them.
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Safety Goes Digital
Manufacturing organizations around the world continue to boost their digital footprint and increase connectivity to reap dividends from data and heighten knowledge gleaned from sensors, assets, and devices to help increase productivity, strengthen their process, and help keep workers safe.