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originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: elementalgrove
As a follow up to your solar power statement, wife and I felt the same way. We purchased a: www.goalzero.com... 500x with the Nomad 50 folding solar panel. The 500x seems the best portability to power, to recharge time to functionality (battery tools, etc).
We are working on our light/mobile kit this year.
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: elementalgrove
I can't...
After the WEF baked event201 coincidence , which took place 4 month prior to the corona scare, i thought it wise to keep an eye on such meetings.
originally posted by: elementalgrove
originally posted by: HawkeyeNation
As someone on the Healthcare side I can validate the increase we've had against us. We've had to implement 2 zero day vulnerability patches within the last 90 days and expect it to continue at a rate we have never seen before. For perspective, maybe a once a year type of thing.
Aye I am in healthcare at a different level, seeing supply line issues for the strangest of things, formalin for the Surgical Path.
I imagine we are having the same zero day patches, they are quiet about it though.
originally posted by: elementalgrove
Can you expand upon this point, I have heard of cyberpolygon, but have not looked into it.
I do see their partner is IBM, what a sordid history they have.
originally posted by: HawkeyeNation
originally posted by: elementalgrove
originally posted by: HawkeyeNation
As someone on the Healthcare side I can validate the increase we've had against us. We've had to implement 2 zero day vulnerability patches within the last 90 days and expect it to continue at a rate we have never seen before. For perspective, maybe a once a year type of thing.
Aye I am in healthcare at a different level, seeing supply line issues for the strangest of things, formalin for the Surgical Path.
I imagine we are having the same zero day patches, they are quiet about it though.
When we have to do patches of this importance it typically takes down a certain number of application servers so most everyone will know. I'm in charge of working with our hospital and clinical sites so it's a very large group lol. But we generally do this in the wee hours of the night if we can so the user impact is much smaller.
originally posted by: karl 12
originally posted by: elementalgrove
Can you expand upon this point, I have heard of cyberpolygon, but have not looked into it.
I do see their partner is IBM, what a sordid history they have.
Some further info here mate - the CIA's Marble Framework is also worth a look.
Killware the next big cyber attack
That attack on the Oldsmar, Florida, water system in February was intended to distribute contaminated water to residents "and that should have gripped our entire country,” Mayorkas said.
originally posted by: Hypntick
So as someone who works in information security consulting, with a specialization in industrial automation and ICS, we've been yelling about this for 20 years or so, and at least the 10 years I've been involved with it. Systems are insecure by design and remediating vulnerabilities in these systems is considerably more difficult given that most of these systems are always in operation.
To give an example; I was with a group that was doing a re-architecture of the security stack for the network and endpoints of a energy utility. Strictly working on generation side of things. We had to wait for scheduled outages or when load from that particular site was not needed. Every single change had to be validated that it did not mess any process up and had minimal interaction with the actual process controls networks. Essentially all of our work was at the boundary firewalls and DMZ separating the clients sites from their corp. office.
All of these sites could be run without connectivity to the outside world limiting the attack surface down to vendor or insider threat actions. Of course accounting and everyone else has to get telemetry on the plant in order to go about their jobs, but they do it in such a way that there is remote access into the facilities. It's reasonably secure, but so were a lot of the high profile breaches you've heard about recently. All reasonably secure and all able to be bypassed. It's not a matter of if but when at this stage.
All of this to say, I'm glad I have a well and pump that are solar powered. I am trying rapidly to get my home on solar, wind, and hydroelectric sources that I manage. All of my equipment is managed locally by myself and sits on a network that has no physical or wireless connectivity to the outside world. In fact all of my automation is set up with a laptop that never hits the internet, firmware and other patch updates are brought over via USB that is scanned to the nth degree for anything and everything. I wish more critical infrastructure would go about it that way.
For instance, in the Long Beach, CA harbor; we’re hearing that even MORE containers are waiting off shore, unable to unload food and suppiies.
Having food and water should Always be in our Preparedness/survival stock.. Whether it's an Earthquake that takes down LA and all the major roads ..or whether it's another tragedy... WE Americans, and from what I'm reading about from other countires.... are a VERY ingenious crew -- our Humanity today.
I have Faith in us.... and our future.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: elementalgrove
I just read an article saying that natural gas will be at least double this winter.
I also wonder about the glitch of Facebook being down. Maybe they are testing alternative means of communication.
We all feel it, like something weird is going to happen.