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ICS Advisory founder Dan Ricci explains why a list of operational technology (OT) assets is not an asset inventory. Asset inventories must be organized, updated, and physically validated. Only then can this facet of asset management support enterprise-wide risk management and cyber-physical systems protection programs.
Cyber Resilience
Operational Resilience
Operational Technology
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management

From Inventory to Insight: Turning OT Visibility into Concrete Risk Reduction

Dan Ricci
Project Glasswing and the Claude Mythos Preview have caused an upheaval related to vulnerability discovery and exploit development. On Nexus, former NSA Director Adm. Michael S. Rogers introduces some nuance to the discussion. The nuance that isn’t being articulated enough, he says, is that Project Glasswing is largely a defensive effort that does more to level the playing field between threat actors and defenders than we may realize.
Cyber Resilience
Federal
Operational Resilience
Vulnerability Management

Exploring Some Nuance on Project Glasswing

ADM. Michael S. Rogers, USN (Ret.)
Data centers have been targeted for kinetic attacks during the ongoing Iran war, and given their strategic prioritization during the conflict, they could be targeted for cyberattacks as well. Nexus contributor James LaBonty explains the risk and potential vulnerabilities, including building management systems and other cyber-physical systems.
Cyber Resilience
Operational Technology
Risk Management
Vulnerability Management
Operational Resilience
Industrial

Protecting Physical, Digital Security of Data Centers During Conflict

Jim LaBonty
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Cyber Resilience
Federal
Risk Management
Vulnerability Management

CISA Alert on EOL Edge Devices Should Also Spark Enhanced CPS Defenses

ADM. Michael S. Rogers, USN (Ret.)
Cybersecurity experts identify five trends that leaders responsible for cyber-physical systems protection programs and OT security must strategize around.
Cyber Resilience
Industrial
Operational Technology
Operational Resilience
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management

5 Trends Driving OT Security in 2026: From State-Sponsored Attacks to AI-Powered Threats

George V. Hulme
Compensating controls are often the only cybersecurity options available to offset risk in operational technology environments still supporting legacy technology or end-of-life industrial control systems or field devices.
Operational Technology
Cyber Resilience
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management

Nexus Reflections and Predictions: Don C. Weber

Don C. Weber
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Operational Technology
Cyber Resilience
Vulnerability Management

Nexus Reflections and Predictions: Pedro Umbelino

Pedro Umbelino
Congress' failure to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) signals a fundamental shift in threat intelligence sharing and overall risk management strategies.
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management
Cyber Resilience
Industrial
Healthcare
Internet of Things

CISO Survival Guide: 4 Steps to Prepare for CISA 2015 Expiration

George V. Hulme
Amazon's intent to replace humans with robots represents a wave of cyber-physical systems (CPS) security that will need to be implemented not only in the logistics and warehousing industries but also for work-in-process (WIP) inventory in manufacturing and other critical industries.
Cyber Resilience
Industrial
Internet of Things
Operational Resilience
Operational Technology
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management

Automation Inroads Bring Urgency to CPS Protection

Jim LaBonty
ASL Roma 1 CISO Stefano Scaramuzzino and Deloitte analyst Fabio Battelli write about how Italy's largest public healthcare system's HOPE initiative adds automated intelligence to its cybersecurity governance program. HOPE reimagines cybersecurity not as a defensive function, but as a living cognitive system that learns, correlates, and reasons across every layer of the healthcare ecosystem. It marks the birth of a new discipline for digital public health: operational intelligence for healthcare governance.
Healthcare
Cyber Resilience
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management

HOPE: Intelligent Governance Transforming Healthcare Cybersecurity at ASL Roma 1

Stefano Scaramuzzino
Fabio Battelli
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Operational Technology
Industrial
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management

ENISA Warns of Escalating OT Threats

George V. Hulme
Building management systems (BMS) are centralized platforms that oversee a building’s mechanical, electrical, and environmental systems. Yet they are often overlooked with regard to an organization’s cybersecurity planning. Expert Dan Ricci explains why and provides six strategies for securing BMS.
Operational Resilience
Operational Technology
Cyber Resilience
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management

The Overlooked Cyber Risk: Building Management Systems in Critical Infrastructure

Dan Ricci
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