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Critical infrastructure depends on interconnected operational systems, where cyber incidents can disrupt essential services, safety, and availability.

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Critical infrastructure includes systems and assets vital for public health, safety, and economic stability, such as power grids, water treatment, transportation networks, and healthcare facilities. These systems often combine physical components with industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) that manage essential services in real time.

From an information-security perspective, critical infrastructure faces risks like unauthorized access to control systems, disruption of service availability, and manipulation of sensor data. Defending these assets requires specialized security measures tailored to ICS environments, including network segmentation, strict access controls, and continuous monitoring for anomalies. Ensuring resilience also involves coordinated efforts between operators and government agencies to address vulnerabilities unique to legacy systems and proprietary protocols.

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Bank Info Security 1 year, 3 months ago

Medical Lab Hack Affects Planned Parenthood Patients

Laboratory Services Cooperative Says 1.6 Million Patients, Workers, Others AffectedA laboratory that provides medical testing services to Planned Parenthood is notifying 1.6 million patients, workers and those who paid for healthcare on behalf of another person that their sensitive personal and health information was accessed or removed in an October 2024 hacking incident.

More from Bank Info Security 12 Apr 2025, 8:30 a.m. Critical Infrastructure Hacking Healthcare Incident
Bank Info Security 1 year, 3 months ago

WellSpan Redefines Healthcare With Copilot

AI Tool Streamlines Clinical Workflows at WellSpan With Microsoft's Dragon CopilotWellSpan Health deploys Dragon Copilot, blending voice dictation and ambient listening to ease clinician burnout. It streamlines tasks with generative AI as part of an ecosystem shift, offering hope amid high burnout rates and workforce shortages.

More from Bank Info Security 11 Apr 2025, 2:30 a.m. Artificial Intelligence Critical Infrastructure Healthcare Microsoft

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm) has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting a foreign military mission based in Ukraine with an aim to deliver an updated version of a known malware called GammaSteel

More from The Hacker News 10 Apr 2025, 10:53 p.m. Antivirus Breach Critical Infrastructure Infection Malware Military Russia Symantec Threat Actor Ukraine

Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec A now-former pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been accused of compromising the US healthcare organization's IT systems to ogle female clinicians using webcams at their workplace and at their homes.…

More from The Register 9 Apr 2025, 2:34 p.m. Compromise Critical Infrastructure Healthcare Lawsuit