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Fortinet Network Security Partnership Announced
Huffman Engineering, Inc. adds Fortinet Network Security to growing list of partnerships. Huffman Engineering believes strongly in continuing education and professional development to ensure their engineers and technicians are at the forefront of the latest controls technology for industrial manufacturing and utilities including water/wastewater, electricity and natural gas. At the heart of all controls is…
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Ready to Move: Implement Countermeasures/ Document and Train on Safeguards
We’ve taken a look at potential cyber security threats, “Proactive Approach to Cyber-Security Could Avert Disastrous Shutdowns,” establishing a risk assessment within your organization, “Cyber Security: What’s Your Risk Tolerance?” and in this, part three of this three-part series, it’s time to move. Time to prioritize your commitment both fundamentally and budgetarily to a plan…
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Cyber Security: What’s Your Risk Tolerance?
As you may have read in our first blog in this series, Proactive Approach to Cyber-Security Could Avert Disastrous Shutdowns, cyber security should be at the top of the list for every executive team member, business owner, manager and supervisor hoping to safeguard their most precious assets; production, intellectual property and people. Cyber and ransomware…
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Proactive Approach to Cyber-Security Could Avert Disastrous Shutdowns
If you’re watching the news at all these days, you’d do well to take note of a few ransomware and cyber-attacks making major headlines. The Colonial Pipeline, transporting nearly 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, was hit in May shutting down gasoline distribution and sending families from the east coast to Texas…
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Ransomware/Wiper Attack Hits Automation Control System… and the Aftermath
Paying the ransom and allowing the hackers to decrypt the compromised systems was not an option. The only choice was to rebuild each system either from scratch, or hopefully with a backup. We were about to find out how good – or not good – the customer’s backup plan was. Most of the HMI interfaces…
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Reduce Your Risk from Cyber Attacks
Computer hackers are coming for everyone and recently have breached industrial and utility’s computer system and encrypted their records. Hackers have gained access to computer systems when an employee clicked on a link in a phishing email that allowed malware to be installed on the employee’s computer. “One click” could take down your entire computer…
