Securing Control Center communications is more than
encryption. AmpereSec.com blog
post. Pull quote: “To secure RTA/RTM [Real-Time Assessment and Real-Time
Monitoring] data and achieve compliance, the obvious and most common approach
utilized is the usage of Virtual Private Network (VPN) Encryption between
Control Centers owned by the entity and other entities with whom data is shared.
While encryption meets the security objective of CIP-012, entities can utilize
additional security controls to provide a defense in depth approach and in some
cases utilize controls other than encryption.”
‘National Customer Rage Survey’ points to troubling trend
among US consumers. TheHill.com article.
Is this a problem with customers or the businesses? Pull quote: “The 2022
edition of the National Customer Rage Survey, conducted by Customer Care
Measurement & Consulting, shows evidence that more Americans are not only
having problems with various products and services, but also that our “rage”
toward the companies providing these goods or services is growing.”
Pentagon budget puts focus on munitions production as war
in Ukraine hits stockpiles. TheHill.com article.
Pull quote: “Hicks [Deputy Defense Secretary] also said for several key
munitions the department is “looking to make unprecedented use of new multiyear
procurement flexibility provided by Congress” to “help us lock in critical
investments, getting the most bang for the taxpayer’s buck, send industry a
clear demand signal and be even better prepared to respond quickly to future
contingencies.””
High winds can worsen pathogen spread at outdoor chicken
farms. Phys.org article.
Pull quote: “”We’ve spent a century raising birds indoors and forgotten
about all of these parasites and pathogens that chickens used to be afflicted
with, but they didn’t go away,” he said. “Now you have this rapidly
exploding market of producers who want to raise their birds outside, but they
have no background knowledge of the disease risk.””
Ransomware Attacks Have Entered a ‘Heinous’ New Phase.
Wired.com article.
Pull quote: “In some ways, the change is a positive sign that efforts to combat
ransomware are working. If enough organizations have the resources and tools to
resist paying ransoms, attackers eventually may not be able to generate the
revenue they want and, ideally, would abandon ransomware entirely. But that
makes this shift toward more aggressive tactics a precarious moment.”
Kazakhstan Impounds Property of Russian Cosmodrome
Operator in Baikonur. RFERL.org article.
Has Russian prestige declined, or what? Pull quote: “Kazakhstan’s move to
impound the space company’s property came days after the chief of Russia’s
Roskosmos space agency, Yury Borisov, publicly criticized Kazakh Communications
Minister Baghdat Musin for his team’s decision to postpone the construction of
a new spacecraft launch area at Baikonur.”
What Many (Including Me) Didn’t At First Get about the
Silicon Valley Bank Meltdown. StatusKuo.Substack.com blog
post. Pull quote: “In sum, when a crisis hits like this, it’s important to
contain the damage, assess what happened, and try to prevent it from happening
again. So far, it appears the Treasury has done a good job on all three, but
it’s too early to tell whether there will be further knock-on effects, or
whether other banks have made the same error SVB did in failing to adjust to a
much higher interest rate environment.”
