Tenable urges whole-of-state defense for SLED critical infrastructure
Original title: Whole-of-state defense: How SLED agencies can secure critical infrastructure in the AI era
The post cites NASCIO survey findings and an FBI-EPA warning that water utilities in at least seven states reported cyberattacks.
Tenable’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month post argues that state, local and education agencies should treat agencies, localities, schools and utilities as one defensive perimeter. It says AI adoption and attacker automation widen the attack surface around water, hospitals, transit, emergency services and schools. The post draws on NASCIO and GDIT research and recalls July 30 warnings from the FBI, EPA and CISA about attacks on water utilities and programmable logic controllers.
- Nearly 90% of state CIOs rated cyberattacks on critical systems a high concern.
- NASCIO-GDIT names water, wastewater, dams, hospitals and transportation as facing the greatest cyber risk.
- On July 30, FBI and EPA said utilities in at least seven states reported cyberattacks.
- CISA said it observed more threat actors targeting programmable logic controllers in water systems.
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From the original article
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AI is widening the attack surface of the critical infrastructure facilities and services that state, local, and education (SLED) organizations run. In the final post of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month series, we explain how a whole-of-state security approach can help SLED agencies protect their critical infrastructure.
By Christopher Day · tenable.com
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