Brute-force cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, energy industry, intensify

The following article is a update on Cyberatacks against critical infrastructurers
 
(Nearly 70% of critical infrastructure providers suffered a breach)
 
By: HNS Staff/ Posted on 10 July 2014.
 
 
New research from Unisys finds alarming gaps in the security of the world's critical infrastructure. Nearly 70 percent of companies surveyed that are responsible for the world's power, water and other critical functions have reported at least one security breach that led to the loss of confidential information or disruption of operations in the past 12 months.

In a survey of 599 security executives at utility, oil and gas, energy and manufacturing companies, 64 percent of respondents anticipated one or more serious attacks in the coming year. Despite this risk, only 28 percent ranked security as one of the top five strategic priorities for their organization, while a majority named their top business priority as minimizing downtime.
 
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