The scale of cyber attacks on companies are becoming more threatening. What would happen after an assault on a nation's grid? An interconnected world has made us more susceptible to the dangers of a cyber war.
Instead of trying to guess the risk of cyber attacks, companies should view their industrial assets like an unlocked car — and simply focus on stopping attacks from occurring in the first place.
Part of my job is to evangelize the need for cyber security solutions to protect industrial control systems (ICS). In many instances, when I meet with executives from companies who own or operate industrial technology, they are already aware that their control systems are at risk from cyber attacks.
Five forces are shaping political risks, from climate change to conflict. Here’s what to look out for.
We see patterns everywhere — in nature, in physics and in the world we’ve created — economic booms and recessions; market spikes and crashes; social stability and revolution. But I’ve never accepted George Santayana when he said, Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Recognizing patterns is one thing. Thinking they’re repeating themselves, that’s something else entirely.Intellectual property (IP) — that covered by patents, trademarks, copyrights and harder-to-protect trade secrets — is now worth as much as 75 percent of the total value of major companies. But while the importance of these assets has grown, many businesses lag in their efforts to protect IP.