Lohrmann on Cybersecurity

How reliable and resilient is our nation’s critical energy infrastructure? How must we improve amid growing concerns regarding cyberthreats? What are the greatest vulnerabilities? How are physical threats, natural disasters and cyberthreats to energy being addressed? Let’s explore.

Protecting the integrity of elections is a hot topic. From cyberattacks to fake news influencing public opinion to other forms of external manipulation that could undermine democracies, voting security has risen to become a top issue for global governments. Here’s what you need to know and potential next steps for the public and private sectors.

President Trump formally unveiled his new infrastructure plan this past week. So what’s in it and where will infrastructure improvements likely go next? Here’s a roundup of coverage, related alternatives and thoughts on next steps.

The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) started a mentoring program in 2012, and this nationwide career-enhancing strategy for security leaders has grown to become stronger than ever. Here are the details on how the mentoring program works and interviews on the benefits with government mentors and mentees. Most important, why you should care and how to get involved.

The 2018 Winter Olympics are about to start in South Korea. The world will be watching from before the opening ceremonies this week to the closing ceremonies at the end of the month. My prediction: There will be surprise network impacts. Here’s what you need to know to keep your online connections working, safe and secure.

As we attempt to connect our government technology dots over the past few years, there are many enduring themes and disruptive topics that keep showing up. So what was hot in 2017 that will endure well into 2018 and beyond? Here’s my rundown of technology trends that both elected leaders and government CxOs keep talking about — with highlights from the joint NASCIO/PTI Technology Forecast for 2018.

The false missile alert that was sent out from emergency management personnel in Hawaii last week sparked an initial public panic, national outrage, global media coverage and numerous government investigations. Official inquiries are ongoing and many more reports are coming, but what do we know so far? Here are the details and some of the lessons that we can take away.

How can you enhance your security career prospects? What are the top cybersecurity certifications and why do they help? Are employers requiring security certifications? To answer these questions and much more on cybersecurity certifications, I turned to Jay Bavisi, who is a top global expert on cybersecurity certifications and the founder and president of the EC-Council Group.

What were the top cybersecurity blog posts in 2017? The numbers don’t lie, and the metrics tell us what topics readers liked, and shared, and commented on, and viewed the most in the past year. Here are the top cyberblogs, with special emphasis on how cybersecurity impacted technology infrastructure and government technology people, cyberstories, along with societal impacts.

How can we provide better security for Internet of Things (IoT) devices? Yevgeny Dibrov writes that cybersecurity can be improved solely with technology improvements. I disagree. Here’s why I believe removing people from IoT security is ‘mission impossible.’

What will happen in cyberspace in 2018? How will technology impact the real world over the next year? Once again, the cybersecurity industry is full of security predictions, cybersecurity trend reports, cyber forecasts, IT security analysis and red-hot security examples to allow everyone to try to connect the dots to the future. Here’s your annual security industry prediction roundup from the top cybersecurity experts, magazines, companies, analysts and more.

As 2017 draws to a close, the record-breaking hurricane season tops the list of stories that we will ponder for decades. Nevertheless, the new cyberstorms in 2017 were just as potent, striking at the heart of our financial system with more unprecedented data breaches, cyberextortion, CEO fraud and fake news that undermined trust in virtually every area of life. Here’s your year-end cybersecurity and infrastructure roundup of the top online stories — and one attempt to connect the dots.