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External, insider threats must remain top defense priorities for western food corporations

by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 22, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Op Sec, Perimeter Security, Personnel Security, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence

Bob Norton writing in Refrigerated & Frozen Foods: Food corporations with refrigeration plants that utilize ammonia as the coolant could be targeted by individuals seeking to cause mass casualties. A well-placed vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) has been proven to be a...

Dirty minds, common vices lead to cyber-security breaches

by Jacqueline Kochak | Apr 19, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Op Sec, Threat Intelligence

Employees actively circumvent cyber-security protocols: Researchers for Dtex Systems, a global insider threat protection company, have found that 95 percent of enterprises surveyed had employees who were actively circumventing corporate cyber-security protocols. Dirty...

Employee vetting more important than ever in age of ISIS

by Jacqueline Kochak | Apr 13, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Op Sec, Personnel Security, Terrorism, Uncategorized

Two new ISIS cases illustrate need for personnel security: Two cases this week illustrate why it is so important to carefully vet employees, as ISIS appears to be carrying out its strategy of working with radicalized individuals already “in place” in...

Hack of emergency siren system illustrates peril

by Jacqueline Kochak | Apr 12, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Op Sec, Personnel Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Uncategorized, Water Safety

Warning siren! A recent hack into the Dallas emergency siren system illustrates clearly that our critical infrastructures are imperiled by adversaries who seek to disrupt. The perpetrator or perpetrators remain unidentified at this time, as does the motive behind the...

Alabama poultry euthanized after avian influenza suspected in flock

by Jacqueline Kochak | Mar 16, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Op Sec, Personnel Security, Process Security, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence

Officials suspect poultry infected at three sites: Aviagen, the world’s leading poultry breeding company, has euthanized chickens at a farm in Alabama over concerns about bird flu, the company said on Tuesday, as likely cases of the disease emerged in a top...

Hackers threaten oilfield security, remind us that the IoT is vulnerable

by Jacqueline Kochak | Mar 14, 2017 | Cyber Security, Op Sec, Public Health, Threat Intelligence

Oil and gas companies, including some of the most celebrated industry names in Texas, are facing increasingly sophisticated hackers seeking to steal trade secrets and disrupt operations, according to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle and reported by the...
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