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As a result of attacks on SolarWinds, the Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya, 2021 can be regarded as a year of ‘cyber turmoil’. Is this what we can expect in the coming year? For many within industry, this is a reasonable question to pose.
Digital Journal reached out to experts at Telos in order to identify three industry trends of concern.
Critical infrastructure
According to Rick Tracy, CSO, Telos Corporation, one central concern relates to critical infrastructure. To guard against this, attention to detail must be paid to each cybersecurity vulnerability.
This leads Tracy to state: “Absent mandates to implement even basic security measures, critical infrastructure will remain an easy target for cyber criminals in 2022.”
To demonstrate the point, Tracy cites: “Recently there have been warnings that water and wastewater systems are high priority targets. All critical infrastructure sectors pose clear security risks for our nation. Voluntary cyber risk management won’t help. There have to be incentives…
