Experts Urge Tighter Focus on Critical Infrastructure Security

As government-backed adversaries continue to shift some of their energy and capabilities to attacks on critical infrastructure, experts say a tighter focus on some basic yet effective security controls, along with increased strategic leadership from federal agencies, could help turn the tide in defenders’ favor.

Recent attack campaigns that have targeted critical infrastructure operators in sectors such as water and energy have drawn attention from legislators and federal regulators who are looking not just for answers on how the intrusions …

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