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FERC, NERC joint report on cyber incident response at electric utilities

Security Affairs

The US FERC and NERC published a study on cyber incident response at electric utilities that also includes recovery best practices. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) released a study on cyber incident response and recovery best practices for electric utilities.

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[Podcast] IIM Challenges and Opportunities in the Energy Industry

AIIM

The energy industry plays a crucial role in all our lives. Information—energy utilities run on millions of documents to accomplish complex business operations and support their foundational principles: ensuring worker safety and providing reliable energy to end-users at a reasonable cost.

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Hackers Target Oil Producers During COVID-19 Slump

Security Affairs

Real-Life Examples of Spear-Phishing Attacks in the Energy Production Sector. The threat of spear-phishing for energy companies is, unfortunately, not a theoretical one. Downloading them infected a user’s system with a type of trojan spyware not previously seen in other utilities industry cyberattacks. Not a New Concern.

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RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware employed in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

RedEnergy is a sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware that was employed in attacks targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new Stealer-as-a-Ransomware named RedEnergy used in attacks against energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors.

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Harnessing AI and data analytics can make clean energy more viable

IBM Big Data Hub

To assist utility companies, IBM has created the Clean Electrification Maturity Model (CEMM) in conjunction with the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC). Companies that harness AI and data analytics can also make clean energy more viable overall by increasing their cost competitiveness over legacy energy sources.

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From ‘ghost chasing’ to intelligent operations for energy companies

OpenText Information Management

Like every industry, the energy sectors are undertaking digital transformation. But despite years of pursuing operational excellence, many energy companies are still struggling to create an integrated and optimized environment within operations.

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SHARED INTEL: Poll shows companies pursuing ‘Digital Trust’ reap benefits as laggards fall behind

The Last Watchdog

That’s the assessment of the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer , a study highlighting the rapid erosion of digital trust, to the point of exacerbating polarized political views. This tug-and-pull is happening in an operating environment where digital innovation, from a global perspective, is being bungled.