Manufacturing, electricity, and oil and gas organizations around the world are experiencing a digital transformation that is leading to increasingly interconnected IT and OT environments.

Some organizations are looking to leverage new technology, such as cloud and 5G network, to accelerate this transformation. On the other hand, incorporating new technologies into their systems expands attack surface and leads to new risks.

As cyberattacks continue to evolve, ensuring cybersecurity defenses are resilient is paramount to keeping critical operations safe from delays and damages.

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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at strengthening U.S. cybersecurity defenses, a move that follows a series of sweeping cyberattacks on private companies and federal government networks over the past year.

The action comes as Colonial Pipeline continues to grapple with a crippling ransomware attack, which has led to widespread fuel shortages along the East Coast and prompted an all-of-government response.

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The Colonial Pipeline company, which operates a fuel pipeline in the United States, had temporarily suspended its operations on May 7, 2021, declaring that it was targeted by ransomware. Cyber ​​security company ESET drew attention to such attacks, stating that the attack on the Colonial fuel pipeline reminds us of the increasing cyber threats to critical infrastructures.

The Colonial pipeline system, which is about 9 thousand kilometers long, was affected by the cyber attack in the first week of May, and millions of barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel could not be transported from the Gulf of Mexico to the East Coast.

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