Issue: Spring 2023

From the Spring 2023 Issue

Three Ways to Protect Your Business Against Wiper Malware: The Growing Cyber Threat

Author(s):

Ahsan Siddiqui, Director, Product Management, Arcserve

A fast-growing and alarming threat to corporate data is wiper malware. Unlike ransomware, which can encrypt and disable your files until you pay a ransom, wiper malware deletes company data permanently to cause as much destruction as possible. Once it infects your system, it will make your data completely unrecoverable. This type of malware is … Read more

From the Spring 2023 Issue

New-Hybrid Warfare (Part One)

Author(s):

Brett R. O’Bannon, PhD, Independent Consultant,

New Hybrid Warfare

The fundamental nature of international conflict is undergoing a profound transformation. The concept of hybrid warfare sought to capture this change by challenging the way we think about, and plan for, a rapidly mutating threat landscape.[1] Though innovative in many respects, the hybrid warfare paradigm has still only somewhat tangentially incorporated cyber warfare into models … Read more

From the Spring 2023 Issue

The Double-Edged Sword of Cyber Threats in Latin America

Author(s):

Kate Esprit, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, MITRE

Cyber Threats in Latin America

Ask any cyber intelligence analyst about today’s major threats, and they will likely launch into a discussion about hacking groups in China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia. Indeed, state-sponsored threat actors in these countries are highly sophisticated and have wreaked havoc on global network infrastructure. However, the cybersecurity industry continues to overlook other areas of … Read more

From the Spring 2023 Issue

Robots and Cybersecurity

Author(s):

Connie Uthoff, Program Director, The George Washington University

Robots and Cybersecurity

The global market for industrial robots has been increasing steadily since 2020 and is expected to reach 104.65 billion dollars in 2023 (Statista, n.d.). Though concepts related to robotics and automated tools have their roots far back in history (Robotnik, n.d.), today, robots are being deployed around the world across a wide range of industries.  … Read more

From the Spring 2023 Issue

How It Started and How It’s Going: CMMC Rule-Making Processes in Flux

Author(s):

Guy M. Bilyou, Cybersecurity Lead / ArCybr Lead Assessor, ArCybr

CMMC Rule Making Proccess

“Fits and starts” is the cliche that comes to mind when considering the rocky roll out of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Throughout the development of CMMC, numerous aspects have changed – the definitions, characteristics, and controls; the way organizations will be assessed; and even the requirements … Read more