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CISA, NSA Warn Of Malicious Cyber Threats To National Security Op Tech

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

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CISA, NSA Warn Of Malicious Cyber Threats To National Security Op Tech

Top U.S. government cyber agencies on Thursday highlighted the willingness of malicious cyber actors to attack internet-connected operational technology (OT) that is critical to the performance of defense and national security systems and recommended that organizations take steps to harden their networks and ensure resiliency plans are in place. The joint advisory doesn’t cite a specific threat but warns the Defense Department, the defense industrial base (DIB), owners and operators of national security systems (NSS), and critical infrastructure facilities to…

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