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NERC CIP Security Assessment Secures OT Remote Operations at XONA

XONA | April 26, 2021

XONA, the world's initial zero-trust distant activities stage for basic foundation, was discovered agreeable with NERC CIP appraisal, including an engineering survey, gadget survey, and counterfeit review.

Cybersecurity has taken on restored significance in 2021 as organizations progressively depend on distant admittance to screen, survey, and connect with basic OT framework. This the truth was on full presentation in February 2021 when a programmer distantly got to a water treatment framework in Oldsmar, Florida, highlighting the potential weaknesses related with far off activities limit.

XONA NERC CIP Compliance Demonstrates Readiness to Secure Against Cybersecurity Risks at Crucial Time

Understanding the centrality of cybersecurity while sending distant tasks limit, XONA's review shows the organization's digital preparation.

XONA's CSG apparatus was evaluated from both an inspector's and SCADA designer's points of view. Simultaneously, manual and robotized checking was performed to gather, recognize, and examine potential weaknesses that may affect NERC CIP consistence and data security pose.

Moreover, XONA mentioned an arrangement and approach assessment, guaranteeing that the organization's inner conventions are reliable with progressing consistence orders. Securicon discovered XONA agreeable with necessities surveyed and tracked down no basic high, medium, or okay weaknesses identified with the XONA CSG.

Regions and Critical Infrastructures Expanding Remote Operations Rely on XONA as Secure, Compliant Solution

"We are eager to impart our consistence confirmation to our clients. This certificate mirrors the XONA group's diligent effort and our persistent obligation to ensuring our clients' IT framework," clarifies Bill Moore, author and CEO of XONA.

He adds, "As districts and other basic framework OT administrators seek after or grow far off activities abilities, we need to routinely show that XONA is a protected, secure arrangement."

Continuous financial vulnerability and restricted admittance to cybersecurity faculty makes it more significant than any other time that basic framework tasks can depend on distant activities answers for secure their OT climate.

To find out about XONA's client access arrangement worked for OT that sets these exercises in motion, plan a demo.

About XONA

As the world's initial zero-trust far off tasks stage for basic framework, industry-driving associations all throughout the planet in energy, oil and gas, assembling and government trust XONA to guarantee basic and secure admittance to their operational innovation from anyplace.

XONA consistently and safely empowers secure versatile admittance to your most basic frameworks and applications while likewise lessening operational and digital dangers and expanding operational effectiveness.

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CompTIA | October 12, 2021

CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the global information technology (IT) industry, today expanded the CompTIA ISAO (Information Sharing and Analysis Organization) to the United Kingdom to serve as the focal point for dealing with cyber-threats to technology vendors, MSPs, solution providers, integrators, distributors, and business technology consultants. We are in a time of unprecedented and malicious hacking activity, much of which is targeted specifically at technology product, service and solution companies,CompTIA aims to improve the cybersecurity landscape in the U.K. by bringing together the know-how and power of the industry to deliver timely, relevant, actionable threat intelligence that companies can use to protect themselves and more importantly, to keep their customers safe and secure. said MJ Shoer, senior vice president, executive director of the CompTIA ISAO The CompTIA ISAO, which launched in the United States in 2020, currently has over 1,200 member companies and growing. Axcient, ConnectWise, Dark Cubed, Dell Technologies, and Sophos are Industry Partners of the CompTIA ISAO. The CompTIA ISAO is a member led initiative governed by three co-equal councils, the Executive Advisory Council, the MSP Champions Council and the SME (Subject Matter Expert) Champions Council representing all categories of CompTIA ISAO membership. "In the current climate of cybercrime, one of the best ways to sharpen the industry's defences against today's cyberattacks, including ransomware, is through industry experts sharing threat intelligence. This move to launch the CompTIA ISAO in the UK will advance industry collaboration and innovation, and Sophos is proud to be a part of this effort," said James Wilson, product director, Sophos. "Having access to SophosLabs Intelix within the ISAO gives members easy and quick access to actionable, relevant threat intelligence from Sophos. Research from SophosLabs continually highlights how adversaries are constantly adapting their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to breach targets and carry out attacks and emphasises how essential it is for us to work together." Additionally, innovative partnerships have been forged with the Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) and TruSTAR to build out the threat intelligence feed and custom reporting that will serve as the backbone of the CompTIA ISAO. This ensures that members will receive critical, targeted, real-time information in a way that's easy to understand and act upon. "Raising the cybersecurity resilience of the global tech industry is important for everyone," Shoer explained. "This is how, together, we will fight back against this existential threat and do the right thing for our industry and the global economy." The CompTIA ISAO is dedicated to advancing the cybersecurity resiliency of the global technology industry. It is a resource where organizations in the business of technology can share real-time threat intelligence, analysis of potential impacts, coordinated countermeasure response efforts, cybersecurity best-practice adoption, and workforce education. In addition to the latest cybersecurity intelligence data, all CompTIA ISAO members will receive full access to CompTIA corporate member benefits, including all the resources, communities and tools designed to help a technology business thrive. About CompTIA The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world's economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce.

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prnewswire | October 28, 2020

HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC), a fully-fledged fixed-line operator and ICT service provider with extensive local and international network coverage, services and infrastructure, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CyberSecurity Malaysia, the national cybersecurity specialist and technical agency under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM). The MoU provides a framework under which HGC will facilitate its portfolio of critical cybersecurity skillsets to the telecommunications industry whilst fostering increased cybersecurity innovation by enabling CyberSecurity Malaysia to achieve its purpose of overcoming national cyber security challenges and deliver greater ICT benefits to internet users. The MoU will at first benefit large to medium enterprises, the financial services industry (FSI), government and semi-government bodies. The cooperation's impact will be felt beyond Malaysia's borders by reaching HGC's customers overseas, in particularly across the Asia community, and within a wide range of industry verticals such as e-health, e-commerce, e-education initiatives. HGC provides broad range of connectivity and cybersecurity services to keep safe Given the increase in the number of internet users has a direct implication on the increase in potential threat on information systems, it is essential to take necessary precautionary measures. According to CyberSecurity Malaysia, between January and September 2020, Malaysia has recorded 8,366 cybersecurity incidents, including fraud, intrusion, and malicious code -- an increase of nearly 10% over compared to 2019. Under the collaboration, HGC with its international exposure is tasked with provisioning its cybersecurity expertise including consulting, managed security services, engineering, risk management, cloud security and advisory services. 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prnewswire | October 28, 2020

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