The cyber security landscape for SMEs in 2018

whitePaper | March 21, 2021

Cybersecurity challenges abound for organizations across the world. The tsunami of phishing attacks that threaten account compromise, data breaches and malware infection remains a critical threat to neutralize. Ransomware is a second critical threat, with a well-played ransomware attack capable of bringing an organization to a complete halt, and in some cases putting it out of business permanently (e.g., Travelex1 and Vastaamo2.

whitePaper | March 1, 2023

Outages and data loss are an unfortunate reality for businesses today. These outages can cause big risks to your company’s reputation and revenue, as every minute of downtime means that critical data isn’t accessible to your business. If things weren’t complicated enough, managing a complex, hybrid, multi-cloud environment makes continuity even harder. These challenges increase complexity exponentially, greatly impacting your ability to stay in control.

whitePaper | February 19, 2020

We live in an increasingly connected world, where more and more devices and systems are networked and shared with other systems. Convenience is a main driver behind this trend, as people have come to expect the ability to connect to and control devices and systems anywhere, anytime. However, there is a downside to the unprecedented level of convenience provided by the growing number of networked devices, namely increased security risk. Because each device is an endpoint for networks, they introduce the potential to become entry points for hackers and others with malicious intents. In fact, in many of the most high-profile data breaches that have occurred recently, hackers were able to access corporate networks through POS, HVAC and other networked systems that failed to provide an adequate level of security to prevent these types of breaches.

whitePaper | November 9, 2022

The CISA Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) is a customized decision tree model that assists in prioritizing vulnerability response for the United States government (USG), state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments; and critical infrastructure (CI) entities. This document serves as a guide for evaluating vulnerabilities using the CISA SSVC decision tree. The goal of SSVC is to assist in prioritizing the remediation of a vulnerability basedon the impact exploitation would have to the particular organization(s).

whitePaper | December 18, 2019

The Ohio Data Protection Act (“ODPA” or the Act), came into force on November 2, 2018.1 The Act seeks to improve cybersecurity among Ohio businesses. It does so by providing an affirmative defense against tort claims arising from a data breach to businesses that can demonstrate they have implemented a qualifying cybersecurity program that reasonably conforms to one of ten specified cybersecurity frameworks and met certain other safeguards specified in the Act.

whitePaper | November 28, 2019

Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) are designed to keep processes safe, especially during critical situations. With this concept in mind, it is paramount that the SIS components are not taken down due to cyber-threats. The purpose of this white paper is to explain, in detail, the Emerson approach for cybersecurity as well as the built-in security features available within the DeltaV SIS process safety system.