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Co-Founder and Lead Software Engineer, Reliable Energy Analytics (REA)

Dick Brooks is the inventor of patent 11,374,961: METHODS FOR VERIFICATION OF SOFTWARE OBJECT AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY and the Software Assurance Guardian™ (SAG ™) Point Man™ (SAG-PM™) software...

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If you're like me, you're probably getting numb to all the warnings about cybersecurity threats, and I'll put this one in the "just another warning" category, which is no more likely to motivate a response to improve cybersecurity measures from industry and government than any of the thousands of other warnings that have been issued. Any organization that wants to motivate organizations to improve their cybersecurity measures to protect against the threats contained in these warnings would likely have more success with direct guidance on HOW to protect themselves and provide the funding needed to implement these solutions.

Otherwise, it's just another clanging bell.

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Matt Chester on Aug 23, 2021

Any organization that wants to motivate organizations to improve their cybersecurity measures to protect against the threats contained in these warnings would likely have more success with direct guidance on HOW to protect themselves and provide the funding needed to implement these solutions.

I suspect we'll also need a lot of sticks coming from regulation. The stick that is a threat to business operations may not always be enough when some leaders are too short-sighted. May also come from insurance companies that start to increase the risk profile of those who aren't doing enough to protect their cyber assets..

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Richard Brooks on Aug 23, 2021

Good point, Matt. I had a conversation today about helping cyber insurance companies improve visibility and timeliness to evidence data from cyber controls to aid in setting premiums.

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