Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2014 and all the opportunities it brings!
Wow, 2013 has flown by!
For this year I will continue to focus this Blog on Critical
Infrastructure issues and augment it with some discussions focused on some of
the key questions and topics I think will affect all of us this year.
So, for a “bulletized” recap of the topical areas I’ll ponder
please consider the following:
·
Critical
Infrastructure Protection
o
What will happen with the NIST Cybersecurity
Framework?
o
What news and events will surface for the 16
critical infrastructure areas designated by PDD-21?
o
How will the electric industry react to the new
NERC CIP Version 5 mandates? And the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?
·
Industrial
Controls Systems Security
o
This is a continuation of the areas reviewed
last year including the SANS
Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) certification activities
and new ICS-security emphasis from other cyber-security agencies outside of the US ICS-CERT
and even overseas with ENISA, etc.
·
Supply
Chain Security
o
I find this a fascinating topic that is finally
getting to the front pages of many business journals
o
Again, I will be examining ideas for both
physical and cyber protection as well as new legislation impacting cyber
defense and threat mitigation
·
Cyberwar
o
This area is particularly intriguing with
continued stories about nation-state attacks and defenses
o
Added discussions about “hack-back” and “Active
Defense” will be included
·
Cyber
Risk Issues and Psychology of Security/Risk
o
The annual meeting in Davos for the WorldEconomic Forum surfaces some very interesting discussions about threats to the
digital economy that are not part of the mainstream IT press
So, this should be an interesting year and one that keeps us
all busy. Overall, though, my objectives
for this Blog are to a) educate, b) entertain and c) make you think about today’s
new challenges to our security and critical infrastructure resilience.
Lastly, I’ll also be busy with Twitter forwarding news items
that follow the themes above. Feel free
to follow me @ErnieHayden
I look forward to your comments, ideas and feedback and if you
hear of some news items that fit into my list above, I’d love to hear about it
at enhayden1321@gmail.com
Happy New Year and all the best!
Ernie
