Ampyx Cyber Blog
The Intersection of Regulation & Resilience
FERC Staff Report Offers Lessons Learned from 2024 CIP Audits: What You Need to Know
In its 2024 CIP audit report, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) shared critical lessons learned from the latest round of reliability audits, revealing key areas where NERC-registered entities can strengthen their security posture. While many organizations successfully met compliance requirements, the report highlighted specific gaps in asset categorization, control center segmentation, and data protection that could pose significant operational risks.
Is SBOM the answer?
Government and industry experts have recently pointed to software bill of materials (SBOM) as a requirement for organizations, but what are you getting? David Foose spends some time exploring aspects of SBOM fever.
48 hours to compromise: why your shields need to stay up
Brand new industrial security researchers find a zero day in an industrial device just 48 hours. If they can find it, so can attackers. Here's what that means for your security program.
Communication avalanche: What utilities need to think about before a nation-state cyberattack happens to them
Utilities are preparing for the technical side of a cyberattack generated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. But there is another aspect to these attacks that can cause chaos if you’re not ready. We’ll explore that here.
What is an SBOM and how can it help?
An SBOM is a software bill of materials and it can be a crucial tool in critical infrastructure cybersecurity. In this video, Ampere's Patrick C. Miller talks about how it works.