Protect Critical Infrastructure With Same Rigor As Classified Networks
DARKReading, Thursday, October 12,2023
Government security processes are often viewed as tedious and burdensome - but applying the lessons learned from them is imperative for private industry to counter a nation-state threat.
The private sector's utility, telecom, banking, transportation, and medical networks have become a part of physical, mental, and economic well-being in the modern world. They are also under unprecedented threat from state actors - recently underscored by the unclassified summary of the Department of Defense's cybersecurity strategy, which stated that China "steals technology secrets and undermines the DIB 'defense industrial base'," and that, in the event of conflict,