How Do Cyberattacks Impact Large Enterprises?
Businesses of all sizes are vulnerable to cyberattacks. However, large enterprises find themselves particularly vulnerable to sophisticated ransomware, nation-state, and insider attacks due to their complex and diverse organizational structures. And where these âbig fishâ have annual revenue in the billions, they are a far more attractive target to hackers seeking financial gain or looking […]
Why Mid-Sized Organizations Need Enterprise-Level Cybersecurity
They may not hit the headlines, but that doesnât mean that cyberattacks on small and mid-sized businesses arenât devastating. In fact, without the security resources of their larger counterparts, cyberattacks can be even more financially and reputationally crippling for SMBs. Almost half of all cyberattacks are now targeting SMBs, particularly those in the legal, insurance, […]
Nation-State Threats to Power and Other Utilities
A cyberattack on a power company can have catastrophic consequences. One malicious email, infected assets, or a compromised supply chain partner can lead to loss of power across entire regions. While itâs acknowledged that their distributed infrastructure, increased digitalization, and reliance on supply chain partners puts power companies at an increased risk of financially motivated […]
Centripetal Announces Cybersecurity Partnership with Dynics
RESTON, Va. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 18, 2022 — Centripetal today announced a new partnership with Dynics, Inc. providing clients with integrated industrial cybersecurity protection that extends from the internet to the factory floor. “Our integration with Dynics combines their ICS Defender solution with our CleanINTERNET intelligence-driven, network defense service,” said Jonathan Rogers, COO at Centripetal. “Cyberattacks are prolific and […]
The Danger of Cyberattacks on the Water Sector
As the only public utility service that we physically consume, a cyberattack on the nationâs water sector can have dangerous and even life-threatening consequences. And with a wealth of data to protect and an expanding attack surface caused by digitalization, cybersecurity vulnerabilities are prevalent â in the past year, 10% of water utilities have reported […]
The Impact of Supply Chain Cyber Attacks
Supply chains encompass virtually every business in every industry. Built not just around the flow of goods and services, but the flow of information, supply chains exist wherever a transaction takes place, spanning each step from production to delivery. Given their interdependent nature, compromising a business supply chain can be a lucrative technique for cyber […]
How Does IIOT Impact Cybersecurity In Manufacturing?
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), a sub-category of the Internet of Things (IoT), has been transformative for many industries. A market sized at over $263 billion in 2021, IIoT encompasses sensor-embedded devices, cloud-based data, and interconnected machines which reduce downtime, improve performance, and lower costs. Manufacturing firms are leading the charge in IoT adoption; […]
Threat Intelligence Provides Better Security for the Finance Sector
The financial sector continues to be one of the most heavily attacked industries, so it makes sense that it consistently spends more than others on cybersecurity. Bank of America, for instance, claimed just last year that it spends more than a billion dollars a year in cybersecurity. Much of that, no doubt, inspired by the […]
Cyberattacks on Food and Agriculture
How Hackers Target Our Most Critical Industry Our lives depend on the food and agriculture industry. Itâs a vital part of our Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), and has huge financial value, contributing $1.055 trillion to the US GDP in 2020 (a 5% share). But hackers see the worldâs dependence on food and agriculture as an […]
Protecting the Legal Sector with Cyber Threat Intelligence
There are very few organizations that hold as much sensitive and highly monetizable data as those in the legal sector. The American Bar Association states that law firms are âcustodians of highly sensitive information, therefore inviting targets for hackers⊠and are facing a major professional responsibility and liability threat.â If hackers break into a law […]