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Christine Clippinger Christine Clippinger

The Security Blind Spot in Long Lifecycle Assets

There’s a whole category of IoT/OT/CPS assets with long lifecycles like EV chargers, wind turbines, aircraft, ships, industrial machinery, and medical devices whose systems last a long time and are vulnerable to dangers that change quickly.

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Alex Kim Alex Kim

VPNs vs. Ephemeral Tunnels in Long-Life Assets

When it comes to securing remote access for loncyber-physical systems (CPS), operational technology (OT), and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, reliance is still on VPNs. But ephemeral, process-bound tunnels are the best solution to minimize risk of cyber attack.

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Christine Clippinger Christine Clippinger

Zero Trust vs. Zero Knowledge: Why Not Both?

Zero Trust and Zero Knowledge sound similar, but they deliver radically different results. Zero Trust laid the foundations for “never trust, always verify,” but most modern organizations now want safeguards that are both practical and truly future-ready.

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Alex Kim Alex Kim

The internet is not secure by design. What can we do?

The internet is, at its core, a collection of software jammed together over time, vulnerable to the same ever-changing security challenges that plague other applications. The internet was not created to be “secure by design”.

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