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NCC Group Data Reveals 2025 Was a Record Year for Global Ransomware
Cyber attacks rose 50% year-on-year, reaching 7,874 incidents worldwide. -
HPE Threat Labs Report Reveals Cyber Adversaries Are Morphing Their Business Model to Scale and Accelerate Attacks
A new HPE Threat Labs report brings together world-class network threat research expertise and experience. -
ENFORCERS Project Launched to Strengthen European Cybersecurity Cooperation for Industrial Software and Automation
The European consortium is kicking off a three-year initiative to secure software supply chains, co-ordinated incident response, and lifecycle resilience under emerging EU cybersecurity frameworks. -
Understanding and Defending Against Iranian Cyber Threats: An ISA/IEC 62443 Perspective
During the unprecedented escalation of the current 2026 cyber and kinetic war involving Iran, Israel and the United States, understanding the adversary's playbook is more critical than ever. -
Cybersecurity Compliance vs. Security: Why You Need Both in Manufacturing
“Compliance” and “security” are connected, but they involve different strategies. -
ISA/IEC 62443 in Four Practical Layers
ISA/IEC 62443 turns uncertainty into a navigable journey. -
Managing OT Obsolescence: A Strategic Approach to Industrial Cyber Resilience
Lifecycle visibility is key to revealing and fixing the hidden vulnerabilities of outdated assets. -
Global Ransomware Attacks Drop 17% Month-on-Month in January 2026
Global ransomware activity fell by 17% month-on-month in January, with 741 incidents recorded, but cyber security experts warn organizations should not become complacent. -
Nozomi Networks Labs Report Finds 70% of Ransomware Activity Concentrated Against English-Speaking Countries
During the second half of last year, 40% of all ransomware attacks targeted US-based companies, with attacks against Canada and the UK accounting for a combined 30% of ransomware attacks. -
AI Is Becoming the Dominant Technology in Industrial Cybersecurity
The demands on cyber security are increasing rapidly in response to the changing geopolitical landscape. Industrial companies in particular are facing increasing pressure. -
How Industrial Enterprises Can Strengthen Cloud-Based Backup and Disaster Recovery for Extreme Weather Events
Real resilience isn’t heroic last-minute decision making during a crisis. It’s unglamorous, disciplined preparation done well in advance. -
OPSWAT Delivers a Landmark Year of Innovation and Growth
Advances in threat prevention, new partnerships with technology leaders and an expanded global presence strengthened cybersecurity resilience in 2025. -
Is It Possible to Future-Proof Industrial Cybersecurity?
Future-proofing in cybersecurity is best understood as a strategic approach rather than as a promise of permanence. -
Exploring Gateway Architectures for Quantum-Safe Industrial Networks
Operational technology systems are not ready for the recent NIST cybersecurity standards. Given the constraints, cryptographic processing at network boundaries rather than on endpoints may be the answer. -
Dragos Expands Collaboration With Microsoft to Deliver OT-Native Cybersecurity at Global Industrial Scale
Dragos brings proven energy and industrial cybersecurity, seamlessly deployed on Microsoft Azure, integrated with Microsoft Sentinel and readily accessible through Microsoft Marketplace. -
Ransomware Gangs Recruit Malicious Insiders as Attacks Surge Over Holidays
Ransomware levels rose for the fourth consecutive month in December 2025, increasing by 13% to total 783 attacks. -
Why Network Traffic Monitoring Is Mission-Critical in 2026
Network traffic monitoring has evolved from a nice-to-have administrative tool into an essential cybersecurity defense mechanism. -
Zeroport Raises $10 Million Seed for Revolutionary Non-IP Remote Access Solution
The company's patented non-IP remote access technology addresses vulnerabilities that led to the CISA breach and countless VPN compromises. -
Five Predictions for OT Operations and Cybersecurity in 2026
2026 is poised to be the year when secure access stops merely supporting operations — and starts driving them. -
Phoenix Contact Announces Partnership With Forescout
The collaboration integrates and embeds Forescout 4D Platform’s OT network monitoring and threat detection capabilities with Phoenix Contact’s EP Raptor Series of industrial network switches.