Critical Infrastructure news from FierceCIO

Manufacturing plants and critical infrastructure facilities may have received a rude awakening last week when researchers released exploit modules after finding major security flaws in industrial Read more...

The Obama administration last week unveiled a set of legislative proposals to improve the security of computer systems, both in the federal government and in the private sector. Many of the most Read more...

The U.S. Secret Service has been investigating the hacking of a Nasdaq network since last year, but agents have been unable to determine who the culprits are, where they are or what their motivation Read more...

The effort between the government and private companies to share information related to cyber security remains far less than optimal, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. If Read more...

No security measures, processes or procedures are failsafe, but too often vulnerabilities arise when straightforward security steps could have prevented them. Roger G. Johnston, a member of the Read more...

Companies that run critical infrastructure, such as utilities and oil refineries, are conspicuous targets for hackers, but according to recent research, they're often in no hurry to patch Read more...

The National Security Agency's "Perfect Citizen" program--as first reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources--aims to detect cyber threats and prevent attacks by assessing Read more...

More and more companies are making the decision to put their data centers underground because the cost is not as excessive and it is safer in case of a disaster like a bad hurricane. This week's Read more...