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xona systems

The Dawn of Enterprise IT: Part 1 of the Enterprise OIT Series

Sep 1, 2026 By Xona In Xona
There was a time when “Information Technology” wasn’t a department, an industry, or even a common business term. In the 1970s and 1980s, computing and telecommunications were largely separate disciplines. Computers processed information. Telecommunications moved information. Most systems operated independently, often serving specific departments or business functions. Then those worlds began to converge. Organizations started connecting computers through networks.
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How Drone Data Security Is Becoming Non-Negotiable for Critical Infrastructure Inspections

How Drone Data Security Is Becoming Non-Negotiable for Critical Infrastructure Inspections

Sep 1, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Infrastructure inspections used to mean a crew with clipboards, a bucket truck, and a lot of guesswork. Now it means a drone circling a substation, capturing LiDAR point clouds, thermal signatures, and centimeter-accurate geospatial data in a single flight, an approach Drone as a Service (DaaS) and similar operators have helped bring into the mainstream. That shift solved a lot of old problems. It also created a new one that most operators haven't fully priced in: what happens to all that data once the drone lands.
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keeper

What To Know About the US Water Cyber Attacks

Aug 18, 2026 By Ashley D'Andrea In Keeper
In late July 2026, over 30 municipal water systems across Minnesota were targeted in coordinated cyber attacks that disrupted the Operational Technology (OT) used to remotely monitor and control water equipment. The attacks initially unfolded on July 26 and 27, striking multiple automated control systems across the state, including those in Plymouth, Braham and South St. Paul.
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UTMStack

Critical Infrastructure Protection Programs Explained

Aug 1, 2026 By cesmng In UTMStack
A ransomware advisory lands in your inbox before the morning standup, and the room goes quiet. The water utility's firewall logs are in one console, the endpoint alerts are in another, and the OT sensor feed lives somewhere else entirely. Everyone can see a piece of the story, but no one can see the whole incident. That's the part teams feel first. Not the theory, not the policy language, just the blunt realization that point tools don't become a program on their own.
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bitsight

Defending the Indefensible: The Power Grid's Security Paradox

Jun 30, 2026 By Emma Stevens In BitSight
Electricity supports nearly every function of modern life: hospitals, water systems, transportation, communications, emergency services, financial systems, manufacturing, national defense, and, most importantly, streaming services. Kidding, but our most critical systems run on electricity, and that makes us vulnerable to attacks.
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acronis

How oil and gas operators can ensure faster OT recovery

Jun 29, 2026 By Lee Pender In Acronis
For oil and gas operators, operational technology (OT) is a lifeline, sometimes literally. OT systems are essential to maintaining not just reliable and efficient operations but also safe environments for workers. In upstream production sites, offshore platforms, pipelines, terminals and refineries, critical processes depend on a complex network of OT assets that organizations use to control and optimize operations. Cybersecurity programs for OT often focus heavily on prevention.
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graylog

What Singapore's CCoP 2.0 Requires of Critical Infrastructure Owners

Jun 18, 2026 By Jeff Darrington In Graylog
Picture Singapore’s largest telecommunications network. It carries the financial transactions, emergency communications, and government data of a city-state of nearly six million people. Now picture that infrastructure silently infiltrated for months by a state-linked espionage group, undetected until the telcos’ own security teams found it.
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graylog

FERC and NERC: Cyber Security Monitoring for The Energy Sector

Jun 16, 2026 By Jeff Darrington In Graylog
As cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure continue to evolve, the energy sector remains a prime target for malicious actors. Protecting the electric grid requires a strong regulatory framework and robust cybersecurity monitoring practices. In the United States, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) play key roles in safeguarding the power system against cyber risks.
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elastic

Protecting critical infrastructure in the AI era: It starts with data

Jun 2, 2026 By Alf Franklin In Elastic
In the public sector, it’s not uncommon for disruptions of critical infrastructure to ripple outward and wreak major havoc on systems and communities whether the cause is a technical issue, a natural disaster, or a cyber attack. As critical infrastructure becomes more connected through distributed systems and IoT devices, the attack surface continues to expand.
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