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Those very partnerships add to the level of cyber risk for many critical infrastructure providers — as 54% of confirmed breaches are due to the cybersecurity gaps of other organizations, Yampolskiy said. Many organizations lack the visibility to secure their business ecosystems from potential attack.
The report shows critical manufacturing suffered a decline in patching cadence, which means how quickly an organization can apply security updates in order to address critical vulnerabilities.
“The patching cadence factor analyzes how many out of date assets an organization has and the rate at which they remediate and apply patches in comparison to their peers,” Yampolskiy said.
The patching cadence factor for critical manufacturing fell from a score of 88 to a score of 76 year-over-year.
The report comes at a time when critical infrastructure has been under rising threat of cyberattack around the world. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 raised the threat of critical infrastructure attacks against various facilities in NATO countries.
Critical infrastructure has also been the focus of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as small- to medium-sized providers have been under threat in local communities where they often lack the financial resources and personnel to prevent sophisticated attacks.
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The agency placed a premium on low cost, high impact security efforts, which account for more than 40% of the goals.
The retail behemoth invited a handful of journalists to its tech offices in Bentonville, Arkansas. The scope of Walmart’s operations speaks to the lengths enterprises must go to remain secure.
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The agency placed a premium on low cost, high impact security efforts, which account for more than 40% of the goals.
The retail behemoth invited a handful of journalists to its tech offices in Bentonville, Arkansas. The scope of Walmart’s operations speaks to the lengths enterprises must go to remain secure.
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