Cyberwar fundamentally changes how government must handle security. Faced with increasingly sophisticated attacks from gangs of cyber criminals and foreign governments probing systems for sensitive data, threats frequently go undetected for days, weeks, and even months. And it’s not just financial data being stolen. Terrorists and rogue governments may steal confidential data, including intelligence information, that exposes a country and its citizens to potential harm. Unfortunately, the traditional fortress approach no longer suffices. Learn what’s needed to tackle the new threats, and why Tripwire's solutions provide the real-time awareness necessary to fight cyberwar.
Whitepaper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/cyberwar-threats-new-security-strategies-for-governments/
Achieving Effective IT Security with Continuous ISO 27001 ComplianceTripwire
The Tripwire Enterprise solution provides organizations with powerful configuration control through its configuration assessment and change auditing capabilities. In this white paper, learn how with Tripwire Enterprise, organizations can quickly achieve IT configuration integrity by proactively assessing how their current configurations measure up to specifications as given in ISO 27001. This provides immediate visibility into the state of their systems, and through automating the process, saves time and effort over a manual efforts.
White Paper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/effective-security-with-a-continuous-approach-to-iso-27001-compliance/
A Pragmatic Approach to SIEM: Buy for Compliance, Use for SecurityTripwire
Too often, organizations purchase SIEM and log management solutions to check a compliance checkbox. These organizations miss a huge opportunity to improve security while meeting compliance requirements. In this white paper, security and compliance eWPxpert Dr. Anton Chuvakin explains how to take advantage of this opportunity.
Whitepaper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/a-pragmatic-approach-to-siem-buy-for-compliance-use-for-security/
Meeting the True Intent of File Integrity MonitoringTripwire
Today, organizations simply use file integrity monitoring (FIM) to meet one of the many regulations, like PCI, that require it. But for most, the term “FIM” has become synonymous with “noise” due to the volume of change data it indiscriminately produces. Learn what true FIM is, and why it’s still critical for security and compliance.
Whitepaper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/meeting-the-true-intent-of-file-integrity-monitoring/
5 Challenges to Continuous PCI DSS ComplianceTripwire
Five challenges to continuous PCI compliance are misunderstanding what PCI compliance means, treating it as an audit process rather than a standard, scoping compliance too broadly, treating it as point-in-time rather than ongoing, and failing to automate tools to generate evidence of compliance. Organizations should view PCI as a security best practice rather than a compliance program and work to continuously reduce their sensitive data scope.
A Look Back at 2016: The Most Memorable Cyber MomentsTripwire
This document summarizes security experts' reflections on the most memorable cybersecurity events of 2016. Several experts noted the shutdown of the Teslacrypt ransomware and release of its master decryption key as one of the most curious stories of the year. Others discussed the Mirai botnet's ability to take down major websites by exploiting poorly secured Internet of Things devices, and the impact of the Locky ransomware. Additional events mentioned include debates around government surveillance and encryption, as well as high-profile DDoS attacks against Dyn and the potential threats posed by insider compromise and increasingly sophisticated phishing techniques.
Breaking In and Breaking Records – A Look Back at 2016 CybercrimesTripwire
The information security world went on a rollercoaster ride in 2016. Records were set for reported ransomware payments, reported vulnerabilities, Microsoft security bulletins, and size of DDoS attacks.
2016 saw a continuation of name-brand vulnerabilities, as well as major world events dominating the news cycles for most of the year: the Olympics, Brexit, and the US Presidential Election. These high-profile events presented opportunities for cyber criminals to attack vulnerable IT environments.
In this webcast, Tripwire experts Travis Smith and Chris Conacher discussed:
-Cyber events that had a big impact over the past 12 months, including the DNC Hack, Badlock, Mirai Botnet, and more
-Lessons learned from these events, that will help to ensure your own IT environment
Achieving Effective IT Security with Continuous ISO 27001 ComplianceTripwire
The Tripwire Enterprise solution provides organizations with powerful configuration control through its configuration assessment and change auditing capabilities. In this white paper, learn how with Tripwire Enterprise, organizations can quickly achieve IT configuration integrity by proactively assessing how their current configurations measure up to specifications as given in ISO 27001. This provides immediate visibility into the state of their systems, and through automating the process, saves time and effort over a manual efforts.
White Paper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/effective-security-with-a-continuous-approach-to-iso-27001-compliance/
A Pragmatic Approach to SIEM: Buy for Compliance, Use for SecurityTripwire
Too often, organizations purchase SIEM and log management solutions to check a compliance checkbox. These organizations miss a huge opportunity to improve security while meeting compliance requirements. In this white paper, security and compliance eWPxpert Dr. Anton Chuvakin explains how to take advantage of this opportunity.
Whitepaper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/a-pragmatic-approach-to-siem-buy-for-compliance-use-for-security/
Meeting the True Intent of File Integrity MonitoringTripwire
Today, organizations simply use file integrity monitoring (FIM) to meet one of the many regulations, like PCI, that require it. But for most, the term “FIM” has become synonymous with “noise” due to the volume of change data it indiscriminately produces. Learn what true FIM is, and why it’s still critical for security and compliance.
Whitepaper here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/meeting-the-true-intent-of-file-integrity-monitoring/
5 Challenges to Continuous PCI DSS ComplianceTripwire
Five challenges to continuous PCI compliance are misunderstanding what PCI compliance means, treating it as an audit process rather than a standard, scoping compliance too broadly, treating it as point-in-time rather than ongoing, and failing to automate tools to generate evidence of compliance. Organizations should view PCI as a security best practice rather than a compliance program and work to continuously reduce their sensitive data scope.
A Look Back at 2016: The Most Memorable Cyber MomentsTripwire
This document summarizes security experts' reflections on the most memorable cybersecurity events of 2016. Several experts noted the shutdown of the Teslacrypt ransomware and release of its master decryption key as one of the most curious stories of the year. Others discussed the Mirai botnet's ability to take down major websites by exploiting poorly secured Internet of Things devices, and the impact of the Locky ransomware. Additional events mentioned include debates around government surveillance and encryption, as well as high-profile DDoS attacks against Dyn and the potential threats posed by insider compromise and increasingly sophisticated phishing techniques.
Breaking In and Breaking Records – A Look Back at 2016 CybercrimesTripwire
The information security world went on a rollercoaster ride in 2016. Records were set for reported ransomware payments, reported vulnerabilities, Microsoft security bulletins, and size of DDoS attacks.
2016 saw a continuation of name-brand vulnerabilities, as well as major world events dominating the news cycles for most of the year: the Olympics, Brexit, and the US Presidential Election. These high-profile events presented opportunities for cyber criminals to attack vulnerable IT environments.
In this webcast, Tripwire experts Travis Smith and Chris Conacher discussed:
-Cyber events that had a big impact over the past 12 months, including the DNC Hack, Badlock, Mirai Botnet, and more
-Lessons learned from these events, that will help to ensure your own IT environment
Key Challenges Facing IT/OT: Hear From The ExpertsTripwire
When you think of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT), which side are you on? You may not feel that you fall on any side of that technological skirmish, but when you stop to carefully consider the differences in these two disciplines, it is nearly impossible to avoid a tendentious leaning.
However, the time may be upon us when the conflicts of IT and OT will be put to rest for the broader purpose of making businesses more agile, efficient, resilient and ultimately, more profitable. We spoke with experts in the field who offered their insights about the challenges facing IT and OT convergence. Here’s what they shared!
The document discusses new features in Tripwire Industrial Visibility (TIV) including:
1) USB detection that monitors USB devices plugged into OT assets and provides visibility of USB usage.
2) Physical connection visibility that displays physical connections between assets in asset views and layered graphs.
3) DNS artifact monitoring for threat hunting by visualizing DNS activity to detect compromise.
4) Network session analytics that provides session information and detects physical network issues from traffic volumes and retransmissions.
Tripwire Energy Working Group Session w/Dale PetersonTripwire
The document discusses how executives ask questions about security risks from a business perspective rather than solely as a technical issue. It focuses on assessing risk as a combination of consequence and likelihood of various incidents. The key message is that organizations should prioritize reducing the potential consequences of incidents, such as compromises of control systems, as this can be a more effective way to manage overall risk than focusing only on reducing likelihoods through technical security controls. Reducing consequences may involve design choices to prevent safety and operational impacts from cyber or other incidents.
Tripwire Energy Working Group: CIP Solutions and Baseline Walk-Through Tripwire
The document discusses different approaches to operationalizing a CIP baseline, including comparing a system's current configuration to a past accepted configuration, an alternate representation, at the element level between systems, and to a defined standard. It also outlines walking through CIP reporting processes and discussing compliance and the bigger picture.
Tripwire Energy Working Group: Customer Session with Chase ColeTripwire
1. There are several ways to integrate assets into Tripwire including directly via an agent on Windows/Linux systems, directly via SSH, or indirectly if the device does not support SSH or an agent.
2. Assets can be tagged with information like location, classification, owner, manufacturer, and model. Pre-built tagging profiles are available.
3. Tripwire policies can include tests of security settings and configurations to check for compliance with standards like NERC CIP. Tests produce pass/fail results and noncompliance can trigger alerts or reports.
Tripwire Energy Working Group: Keynote w/Patrick Miller Tripwire
The document discusses the state of cybersecurity in the electric utility industry. It summarizes that infrastructure is a frequent target of cyber attacks from organized crime, nation states, and other adversaries. It also notes that new regulations and frameworks are being introduced at the national level to improve critical infrastructure security and resilience. Utilities are recommended to gap assess controls, improve monitoring, response capabilities, and conduct incident response exercises to prepare for increasing cybersecurity requirements.
As online sales surge, retail cybersecurity professionals are taking additional precautions to protect their organizations and their customers’ data. On top of this, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven even more consumers to turn to online shopping. Tripwire worked with Dimensional Research to better understand cybersecurity programs in the retail industry as they prepared for the holiday season.
Download the full report here: https://www.tripwire.com/solutions/solutions-by-industry/retail-and-hospitality/retail-holiday-cybersecurity-survey-report
Tripwire recently examined how organizations are experiencing the cybersecurity impacts of COVID-19 and shifts to working from home. Dimensional Research conducted the survey, which included responses from 345 IT security professionals, in April 2020. Check out some of the key findings from the survey.
The Adventures of Captain Tripwire: Coloring Book!Tripwire
Kathy Tippington is a computer programmer and CEO who moonlights as the superhero Captain Tripwire. She uses her high-tech powers to stop villains from attacking critical systems to prevent people from making new toys. Captain Tripwire stops the first wave of attacks with the help of "The Cloud". However, the villains then attack Captain Tripwire's base, but are ultimately defeated and find themselves in a sticky situation.
Industrial Cybersecurity: Practical Tips for IT & OT CollaborationTripwire
How can IT and OT teams work together effectively to secure the entire infrastructure? We asked industry experts for their top tips. Read their full responses here: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ics-security/it-collaborate-ics-security/
The Adventures of Captain Tripwire #1: Captain Tripwire Faces the Indefensibl...Tripwire
Captain Tripwire faces his toughest challenge yet against Indefensible Eight in this issue. All clues point to Captain Tripwire as the key to solving the case. Tripwire software provides total visibility across IT and operational technology environments to help face challenges like Indefensible Eight.
Tripwire 2019 Skills Gap Survey: Key FindingsTripwire
The skills gap remains one of the biggest challenges for the cybersecurity industry. To gain more perspective on what organizations are experiencing, Tripwire partnered with Dimensional Research to survey 336 security professionals on this issue. For additional key findings, visit: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-awareness/security-pros-skills-gap-worsened/
Time for Your Compliance Check-Up: How Mercy Health Uses Tripwire to Pass AuditsTripwire
This document discusses successfully creating an IT service at Mercy Health to address organizational challenges and compliance needs. It describes implementing Tripwire Enterprise for change detection and monitoring to gain visibility into their IT environment, validate approved changes, and produce reports for audits. This improved governance of controls, reduced audit findings, and provided a key strategy for their security operations center and PCI compliance efforts. Going forward, Tripwire will help address other regulatory needs and expand its use for security configuration management.
Tripwire State of Cyber Hygiene 2018 Report: Key FindingsTripwire
Tripwire examined how organizations are implementing security controls that the Center for Internet Security (CIS) refers to as "Cyber Hygiene." The survey, conducted in July in partnership with Dimensional Research, included responses from 306 IT security professionals.
Read the full report here: https://www.tripwire.com/misc/state-of-cyber-hygiene-report-register/?referredby=socialmedia/
Defend Your Data Now with the MITRE ATT&CK FrameworkTripwire
MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally-funded research and development centers. Their ATT&CK framework is a useful cybersecurity model illustrating how adversaries behave and explaining the tactics you should use to mitigate risk and improve security. ATT&CK stands for “adversarial tactics, techniques and common knowledge.”
This presentation explores a methodology for pairing proven industry frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK with threat modeling practices to quickly detect and respond to cyber threats. With this approach, industrial organizations can slice their infrastructure into smaller components, making it easier to secure their assets and minimize the attack surface.
Takeaways include how to:
-Make the most out of their threat intelligence feeds
-Report on progress and compliance
-Negotiate trust relationships in the intelligence sharing cycle
-Improve their organization’s overall security posture
Defending Critical Infrastructure Against Cyber AttacksTripwire
In our increasingly connected world, networks of machines help critical infrastructure run more efficiently and prevent downtime. However, systems which were once isolated are now being exposed to digital security threats that operators never considered.
Joseph Blankenship of Forrester Research and Gabe Authier of Tripwire discuss the evolving threat landscape and how we can protect these critical assets from cyber threats.
Topics covered include:
-Examples of some of the most recent cyber-attacks to critical infrastructure
-Why traditional IT security approaches won't work
-Recommended approaches for securing critical infrastructure
Jumpstarting Your Cyberdefense Machine with the CIS Controls V7Tripwire
In this webinar, we are joined by Tony Sager, Senior VP & Chief Evangelist for the Center for Internet Security (CIS). Tony will be discussing the latest changes to the CIS Controls framework and how they help protect your organization from cyberattacks. In almost every industry, complex organizations are adopting these foundational controls for effective cyber defense.
Attendees will learn about:
• How the CIS Controls align to common security & compliance frameworks
• The underlying principles that drive the success of the CIS Controls
• Why many organizations fail despite utilizing other "advanced" controls
• The available tools that have grown up around the CIS Controls
Hunting for Cyber Threats Using Threat Modeling & Frameworks Tripwire
With threat models, an organization can slice its infrastructure into smaller components, making it easier to secure assets and minimize the attack surface. Learn how to make the most out of threat intelligence feeds, report on progress, and negotiate trust relationships in the intelligence sharing cycle, while improving their organization's overall security posture.
Key Challenges Facing IT/OT: Hear From The ExpertsTripwire
When you think of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT), which side are you on? You may not feel that you fall on any side of that technological skirmish, but when you stop to carefully consider the differences in these two disciplines, it is nearly impossible to avoid a tendentious leaning.
However, the time may be upon us when the conflicts of IT and OT will be put to rest for the broader purpose of making businesses more agile, efficient, resilient and ultimately, more profitable. We spoke with experts in the field who offered their insights about the challenges facing IT and OT convergence. Here’s what they shared!
The document discusses new features in Tripwire Industrial Visibility (TIV) including:
1) USB detection that monitors USB devices plugged into OT assets and provides visibility of USB usage.
2) Physical connection visibility that displays physical connections between assets in asset views and layered graphs.
3) DNS artifact monitoring for threat hunting by visualizing DNS activity to detect compromise.
4) Network session analytics that provides session information and detects physical network issues from traffic volumes and retransmissions.
Tripwire Energy Working Group Session w/Dale PetersonTripwire
The document discusses how executives ask questions about security risks from a business perspective rather than solely as a technical issue. It focuses on assessing risk as a combination of consequence and likelihood of various incidents. The key message is that organizations should prioritize reducing the potential consequences of incidents, such as compromises of control systems, as this can be a more effective way to manage overall risk than focusing only on reducing likelihoods through technical security controls. Reducing consequences may involve design choices to prevent safety and operational impacts from cyber or other incidents.
Tripwire Energy Working Group: CIP Solutions and Baseline Walk-Through Tripwire
The document discusses different approaches to operationalizing a CIP baseline, including comparing a system's current configuration to a past accepted configuration, an alternate representation, at the element level between systems, and to a defined standard. It also outlines walking through CIP reporting processes and discussing compliance and the bigger picture.
Tripwire Energy Working Group: Customer Session with Chase ColeTripwire
1. There are several ways to integrate assets into Tripwire including directly via an agent on Windows/Linux systems, directly via SSH, or indirectly if the device does not support SSH or an agent.
2. Assets can be tagged with information like location, classification, owner, manufacturer, and model. Pre-built tagging profiles are available.
3. Tripwire policies can include tests of security settings and configurations to check for compliance with standards like NERC CIP. Tests produce pass/fail results and noncompliance can trigger alerts or reports.
Tripwire Energy Working Group: Keynote w/Patrick Miller Tripwire
The document discusses the state of cybersecurity in the electric utility industry. It summarizes that infrastructure is a frequent target of cyber attacks from organized crime, nation states, and other adversaries. It also notes that new regulations and frameworks are being introduced at the national level to improve critical infrastructure security and resilience. Utilities are recommended to gap assess controls, improve monitoring, response capabilities, and conduct incident response exercises to prepare for increasing cybersecurity requirements.
As online sales surge, retail cybersecurity professionals are taking additional precautions to protect their organizations and their customers’ data. On top of this, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven even more consumers to turn to online shopping. Tripwire worked with Dimensional Research to better understand cybersecurity programs in the retail industry as they prepared for the holiday season.
Download the full report here: https://www.tripwire.com/solutions/solutions-by-industry/retail-and-hospitality/retail-holiday-cybersecurity-survey-report
Tripwire recently examined how organizations are experiencing the cybersecurity impacts of COVID-19 and shifts to working from home. Dimensional Research conducted the survey, which included responses from 345 IT security professionals, in April 2020. Check out some of the key findings from the survey.
The Adventures of Captain Tripwire: Coloring Book!Tripwire
Kathy Tippington is a computer programmer and CEO who moonlights as the superhero Captain Tripwire. She uses her high-tech powers to stop villains from attacking critical systems to prevent people from making new toys. Captain Tripwire stops the first wave of attacks with the help of "The Cloud". However, the villains then attack Captain Tripwire's base, but are ultimately defeated and find themselves in a sticky situation.
Industrial Cybersecurity: Practical Tips for IT & OT CollaborationTripwire
How can IT and OT teams work together effectively to secure the entire infrastructure? We asked industry experts for their top tips. Read their full responses here: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ics-security/it-collaborate-ics-security/
The Adventures of Captain Tripwire #1: Captain Tripwire Faces the Indefensibl...Tripwire
Captain Tripwire faces his toughest challenge yet against Indefensible Eight in this issue. All clues point to Captain Tripwire as the key to solving the case. Tripwire software provides total visibility across IT and operational technology environments to help face challenges like Indefensible Eight.
Tripwire 2019 Skills Gap Survey: Key FindingsTripwire
The skills gap remains one of the biggest challenges for the cybersecurity industry. To gain more perspective on what organizations are experiencing, Tripwire partnered with Dimensional Research to survey 336 security professionals on this issue. For additional key findings, visit: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-awareness/security-pros-skills-gap-worsened/
Time for Your Compliance Check-Up: How Mercy Health Uses Tripwire to Pass AuditsTripwire
This document discusses successfully creating an IT service at Mercy Health to address organizational challenges and compliance needs. It describes implementing Tripwire Enterprise for change detection and monitoring to gain visibility into their IT environment, validate approved changes, and produce reports for audits. This improved governance of controls, reduced audit findings, and provided a key strategy for their security operations center and PCI compliance efforts. Going forward, Tripwire will help address other regulatory needs and expand its use for security configuration management.
Tripwire State of Cyber Hygiene 2018 Report: Key FindingsTripwire
Tripwire examined how organizations are implementing security controls that the Center for Internet Security (CIS) refers to as "Cyber Hygiene." The survey, conducted in July in partnership with Dimensional Research, included responses from 306 IT security professionals.
Read the full report here: https://www.tripwire.com/misc/state-of-cyber-hygiene-report-register/?referredby=socialmedia/
Defend Your Data Now with the MITRE ATT&CK FrameworkTripwire
MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally-funded research and development centers. Their ATT&CK framework is a useful cybersecurity model illustrating how adversaries behave and explaining the tactics you should use to mitigate risk and improve security. ATT&CK stands for “adversarial tactics, techniques and common knowledge.”
This presentation explores a methodology for pairing proven industry frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK with threat modeling practices to quickly detect and respond to cyber threats. With this approach, industrial organizations can slice their infrastructure into smaller components, making it easier to secure their assets and minimize the attack surface.
Takeaways include how to:
-Make the most out of their threat intelligence feeds
-Report on progress and compliance
-Negotiate trust relationships in the intelligence sharing cycle
-Improve their organization’s overall security posture
Defending Critical Infrastructure Against Cyber AttacksTripwire
In our increasingly connected world, networks of machines help critical infrastructure run more efficiently and prevent downtime. However, systems which were once isolated are now being exposed to digital security threats that operators never considered.
Joseph Blankenship of Forrester Research and Gabe Authier of Tripwire discuss the evolving threat landscape and how we can protect these critical assets from cyber threats.
Topics covered include:
-Examples of some of the most recent cyber-attacks to critical infrastructure
-Why traditional IT security approaches won't work
-Recommended approaches for securing critical infrastructure
Jumpstarting Your Cyberdefense Machine with the CIS Controls V7Tripwire
In this webinar, we are joined by Tony Sager, Senior VP & Chief Evangelist for the Center for Internet Security (CIS). Tony will be discussing the latest changes to the CIS Controls framework and how they help protect your organization from cyberattacks. In almost every industry, complex organizations are adopting these foundational controls for effective cyber defense.
Attendees will learn about:
• How the CIS Controls align to common security & compliance frameworks
• The underlying principles that drive the success of the CIS Controls
• Why many organizations fail despite utilizing other "advanced" controls
• The available tools that have grown up around the CIS Controls
Hunting for Cyber Threats Using Threat Modeling & Frameworks Tripwire
With threat models, an organization can slice its infrastructure into smaller components, making it easier to secure assets and minimize the attack surface. Learn how to make the most out of threat intelligence feeds, report on progress, and negotiate trust relationships in the intelligence sharing cycle, while improving their organization's overall security posture.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/how-axelera-ai-uses-digital-compute-in-memory-to-deliver-fast-and-energy-efficient-computer-vision-a-presentation-from-axelera-ai/
Bram Verhoef, Head of Machine Learning at Axelera AI, presents the “How Axelera AI Uses Digital Compute-in-memory to Deliver Fast and Energy-efficient Computer Vision” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
As artificial intelligence inference transitions from cloud environments to edge locations, computer vision applications achieve heightened responsiveness, reliability and privacy. This migration, however, introduces the challenge of operating within the stringent confines of resource constraints typical at the edge, including small form factors, low energy budgets and diminished memory and computational capacities. Axelera AI addresses these challenges through an innovative approach of performing digital computations within memory itself. This technique facilitates the realization of high-performance, energy-efficient and cost-effective computer vision capabilities at the thin and thick edge, extending the frontier of what is achievable with current technologies.
In this presentation, Verhoef unveils his company’s pioneering chip technology and demonstrates its capacity to deliver exceptional frames-per-second performance across a range of standard computer vision networks typical of applications in security, surveillance and the industrial sector. This shows that advanced computer vision can be accessible and efficient, even at the very edge of our technological ecosystem.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
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Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
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Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
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Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation Parameters
Cyberwar Threats: New Security Strategies for Governments
1. Cyberwar Threats
NEW SECURITY STRATEGIES FOR GOVERNMENTS
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2. Introduction
Cyberwar fundamentally changes how government must help overwhelmed security professionals immediately identi-
handle security. Faced with increasingly sophisticated fy and automatically mitigate any damage from existing and
attacks from gangs of cyber criminals and foreign govern- potential threats. Only with these solutions can government
ments probing systems for sensitive data, threats frequently agencies defend themselves against the threats and conse-
go undetected for days, weeks, and even months. And it’s quences of cyberwar in an age of declining budgets.
not just financial data being stolen. Terrorists and rogue
governments may steal confidential data, including intel-
ligence information, that exposes a country and its citizens
Evolving Threats Require New
to potential harm. Unfortunately, the traditional fortress Cybersecurity Strategies
approach no longer suffices. Firewalls, intrusion detection The attack that compromised Google’s systems in December
systems and other security devices can stop the average 2009 demonstrates just how the new generation of adversar-
hacker, but new threats use stealth techniques that these ies can effectively take down an Internet giant. Google said
defenses cannot detect on their own. that the Chinese government launched the attack to access
Faced with the certainty that attackers will get into their the email accounts of Chinese human rights activists, but
systems, government organizations must take a more proac- that some 20 other organizations fell victim to the attack,
tive approach to risk management. This approach includes including several US defense contractors. The attackers got
focusing security efforts on protecting mission-critical data. past all of the defenses installed by Google, and managed to
To focus those efforts, government organizations need situ- stay hidden for days while they hunted for the activists’ data.
ational awareness. They must know the location of critical In testimony to the US Senate Select Intelligence
data, identify the characteristics of the systems that carry Committee in February 2010, Dennis Blair, the US Director
the data, understand the vulnerabilities of those systems, of National Intelligence, said that these kinds of advanced
and detect changes in activity that signal potential threats. persistent threats (APTs) result in the theft of sensitive
Government organizations around the world must also know information from government networks every day. The tech-
what security controls they have in place throughout the IT nology balance currently favors the attacker, he said, and
infrastructure, and whether these controls protect the infra- may do so for some time.
structure against the potential threats. The UK government’s recently released Strategic Defense
However, the sheer size and complexity of government and Security Review (SDSR) likewise recognizes the new age
infrastructure makes gaining that awareness difficult. For of cyber threats, citing one of its top risks as cyber attacks,
example, the US government boasts thousands of uniquely whether from other states, terrorists or via organized crime.
configured systems strewn across hundreds of offices and The recent discovery of an organized crime ring that used
government departments. The thousands of security devices the Zeus Trojan to steal money from financial accounts lends
throughout the average government IT infrastructure gen- credence to their assessment of this risk; in late September
erates such huge quantities of valuable data that the IT 2010, 10 people in the UK were charged with using the Zeus
departments in these government organizations get over- Trojan to steal millions of pounds.2 Similarly, in the US,
whelmed when faced with collecting and analyzing it. In the FBI and the US Attorney General’s office in southern
addition, governments must secure this infrastructure with New York charged 37 people in a criminal operation that
shrinking budgets, a trend illustrated by the UK govern- used the Zeus Trojan to steal $3 million dollars from bank
ment’s recently announced £81 billion in budget cuts slated accounts. The crime ring allegedly involved operations man-
to take effect over the next four years.1 agers and money mules who, for a commission, laundered
Government organizations urgently need solutions that the stolen money through bank accounts they opened.3
provide automated, continuous, and end-to-end monitoring Deloitte, in its 2010 CSO Cybersecurity Watch Survey,
of that infrastructure to isolate vulnerabilities and risk and found that most organizations it surveyed lacked awareness
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3. of these kinds of attacks, or felt overconfident that their In the UK, the Good Practice Guide No. 13: Protective
current security measures and technology could protect Monitoring, or GPG 13, issued by the UK Government’s CESG
them. More than two-thirds still considered hackers the big- is part of the Security Policy Framework (SPF) designed to
gest threat. protect the government’s IT infrastructure. Similar to NIST,
Unfortunately, these non-agile security tools and process- GPG 13 and the SPF take a risk-based approach to protect-
es don’t work against APTs. The Deloitte report noted that ing the infrastructure. GPG 13 outlines an approach that
intrusion detection, signature-based malware and anti-virus UK government organizations should take to manage the
solutions provide little defense, and rapidly become obso- risk to their critical systems, including the information they
lete against attackers who use such strategies as encryption must record, the events they must report, and the alerts
technology to mask their efforts. they must generate based on anticipated modes of attack to
Cyber attackers typically exhibit much more patience than these systems.
the traditional hacker. When rebuffed, they keep probing The opposition can exploit any weakness, so to manage
until they find a way in. Once past the defenses, they call risk you must know the security status of all of the systems
on their assets time and again to extract data. You would throughout the enterprise. That‘s the essential visibility
not classify these attackers as opportunists; they have a that all agencies will be looking for.
mission and remain focused on it until they succeed. In an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com, Ron Ross, the
head of the team that drew up the NIST guidelines, said
Identifying and Managing Risk continuous monitoring “is critical” for making sure that
agencies know the security state of their systems on an
Given the tactics and tools of cyberwar, IT can no longer
ongoing, day-by-day, hour-by-hour basis. “That is the up
simply man the barricades and plug whatever holes develop
tempo that our adversaries are working in today as they
in their defenses. Instead, government must use continuous,
launch these very sophisticated cyber attacks against our
or protective monitoring, to proactively identify the data
critical systems,” he said.
most at risk and secure the systems that contain that data.
The UK government echoes this belief, citing a major
The desired end? Agencies continue to operate and missions
benefit of protective monitoring as increased situational
remain uncompromised. When it comes to national security,
awareness that results from continuously collecting informa-
defense and essential parts of the country’s IT infrastruc-
tion about threats to, and trends in, critical government
ture, that’s the ultimate goal.
systems and data. This information enables organizations to
In the US, the National Institute of Standards and
identify what attacks are occurring, where they’re occurring,
Technology (NIST) is responsible for drawing up the guidelines
who is behind the attacks, how vulnerabilities have been
for certifying and accrediting the security of government IT
or are being exploited, current and potential future vulner-
systems. NIST puts risk management at the center of its most
abilities, attacks in progress, and how to fix issues that led
recent revision of those guidelines. The guidelines emphasize
to an attack.
building solid security into those critical government systems
as early in their life cycle as possible. Doing so makes it easier
to identify what vulnerabilities and weaknesses remain, which Still a Long Way to Go
makes it easier to manage them within the standard risk deter- Most governments around the world still lack the visibil-
mination and acceptance process. That’s certainly something ity and situational awareness needed to manage risk. Few
that the US Department of Defense (DoD) counts on to keep its know if systems are correctly configured according to a
Global Information Grid, the worldwide collection of computers known, good baseline of policies and controls. Few have
and networks that drives its operations, up and running, and the ability to receive alerts when system changes result
its most important data safe. Of all US government organiza- in insecure configurations so they can fix them before the
tions, cyber attackers consider the DoD the prize target. damage occurs.
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4. As part of their annual FISMA report to the US Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), US government agencies
Tripwire VIA Solutions:
must show they have both an agency-wide security con- Visibility, Intelligence,
figuration policy, and provide evidence on how well they
Automation
have implemented various security configurations on their
The Tripwire® VIA™ suite delivers the real-time, continuous
systems.
monitoring organizations need to counter modern cyberwar
In a July 2009 report, the US Government Accountability
threats, so agencies see the data that matters no matter
Office (GAO) said all 24 of the major US federal agencies it
how much noise the IT infrastructure generates. Armed with
investigated claimed they had a security configuration pol-
this visibility, security professionals detect weaknesses and
icy in place. But almost all of them had weaknesses in their
vulnerabilities, and make fixes before attackers can exploit
information security controls, and over 21 had configuration
them. Tripwire VIA solutions include Tripwire® Enterprise for
management weaknesses. Several agencies did not imple-
industry-leading configuration control, and Tripwire® Log
ment common secure configuration policies across their
Center for next-generation log and security information and
systems, the GAO said, and many did not ensure that system
event management (SIEM).
software changes had been properly authorized, documented
Tripwire Enterprise helps organizations focus on the
and tested. John Gilligan, a former chief information officer
changes that matter with continuous file integrity monitor-
for both the Air Force and the Department of Energy, told a
ing, compliance policy management, real-time intelligence
recent cybersecurity forum that if government organizations
that identifies changes that introduce risk or non-compli-
deployed and enforced security measures such as configu-
ance as they occur, and on-demand automated remediation.
ration controls, these organizations could block some 85
With over 300 out-of-the-box policies, Tripwire Enterprise
percent of attacks.
covers just about any security, regulatory and operational
Devices in the network that record security-related
policy needed for assessing and managing configurations.
events offer another source of useful security information.
Specific to US government organizations, Tripwire Enterprise
Collecting those logs and having some way of analyz-
includes policies for NIST SP 800-53 Rev 3, DISA STIGS and
ing them can help flag potential threats. Unfortunately,
FISMA requirements. For UK government organizations,
most agencies can’t do that right now, due in part to the
Tripwire Enterprise includes a Security Policy Framework
perceived difficulty in implementing a log management
(SPF) policy that can be applied for GCSX CoCo and GPG 13:
solution. However, many are starting to realize what those
Protective Monitoring requirements. These policies include
logs offer. In a recent study, the DoD said that log manage-
weighted tests that help IT managers focus on the configu-
ment ranked among the highest value controls that could be
rations that pose the greatest security risk or most impact
used to block attacks.
system performance.
The security of UK government systems is less publicized,
Tripwire Enterprise also allows organizations to capture
but the recent inclusion of cybersecurity as a top priority in
secure or operationally optimized configurations devel-
the SDSR indicates that cybersecurity is top of mind in the
oped in-house so these configurations can be re-applied as
UK for the foreseeable future. And with the 2012 Olympic
needed. And Tripwire Enterprise automates remediation of
Games in the works, it’s a certainty that the UK govern-
detected issues on-demand for both physical and virtual
ment will scrutinize government agencies more than ever to
environments.
ensure that they have continuously secure system configu-
Tripwire Log Center, captures and stores tens of thousands
rations and the ability to easily review network and activity
of events per second to meet the log management require-
logs for potential threats and forensics.
ments of many standards and regulations. It also enables
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5. Google-like searches of log activity data for deep forensic
analysis. Because Tripwire Log Center supports the most
Conclusion
popular log transmission protocols, it collects logs from just Cyberwar, with its sophisticated, persistent threats, is
about any source out of the box. In addition, Tripwire Log forcing government agencies to move away from an all-or-
Center detects and alerts to events that may indicate suspi- nothing approach to security. These organizations must now
cious activity. The solution’s graphical tools help correlate focus on protecting essential data and ensuring continuous
events, and pinpoint those parts of the infrastructure that availability of critical systems—all without interrupting the
could be open to attack. ability of these agencies to conduct the day-to-day busi-
As part of the Tripwire VIA suite, Tripwire Enterprise and ness activities required to fulfill their missions. As a result,
Tripwire Log Center integrate with each other to provide security becomes a strategic necessity rather than activity
a single solution for complete IT security and compliance. that simply complements the other activities of government
Using Tripwire solutions, IT can investigate individual agencies. Agencies must now apply risk management prac-
changes and events as well as complex sequences of activity tices that ensure systems stay up and running.
like suspicious events related to a change that may indicate To do that, security professionals must shift from their
a new risk or noncompliance. Combined, these solutions also traditional reactive stance to a more proactive one. Because
support incident investigation, reveal patterns of activity they can’t manually plug the holes fast enough, they need a
that indicate threats, and help identify downstream impacts way to get ahead of the threats. Key to this is being able to
of a given change. The combination also enables organiza- get a clear view of the existing vulnerabilities through the
tions to gain instant audit logging capabilities across the noise created by the overwhelming number of systems and
entire IT infrastructure without installing additional code. configurations that make up today’s IT enterprise. Equally
With the Tripwire VIA suite, organizations gain end-to- key is automation that not only detects the vulnerabilities
end visibility across the enterprise, intelligence to help as they occur, but that also enables them to remediate
them make better and faster decisions about threats and these vulnerabilities immediately, before the damage occurs.
risk, and automation to address and fix the millions and Automation is also critical protecting these systems and
billions of changes and events that occur in today’s IT data in the face of decreased budgets and headcounts.
infrastructure. Tripwire VIA solutions provide the needed end-to-end
visibility of all activity and events across the enterprise
so users can identify potential threats in real-time. These
leading solutions also deliver actionable intelligence so
managers immediately know where misconfigurations, and
therefore vulnerabilities and non-compliance, exist. And
Tripwire VIA solutions automate much of the work, includ-
ing remediation, so government organizations can provide
effective security even with today’s reduced budgets and
round-the-clock threat environment.
1 “Spending Review 2010: George Osborne wields the axe”
(www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11579979)
2 “UK police charge 10 people with Zeus fraud” (http://news.cnet.
com/8301-1009_3-20018167-83.html?tag=mncol;txt)
3 “Dozens charged in use of Zeus Trojan to steal $3 million” (http://
news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20018177-245.html)
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