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NERC CIP-013 NEW REGULATIONS
Mar 24, 2020
NERC CIP-013 SUPPLY CHAIN AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY Source: Trace Bellassai, Cyber Security Solutions Engineer We're prepared for the NERC CIP changes, are you? Here at FoxGuard, we always try to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to new requirements and...
Read MoreNERC CIP requirements coming into effect
Aug 5, 2020
As electric utilities look towards furthering their compliance programs, consideration needs to be made around software integrity and authenticity. Of the new NERC CIP requirements coming into effect in October 2020, two of them deal with this concept – CIP-010-3 R1...
Read MoreNERC CIP NEW REGULATIONS ACTIVE JULY 1, 2020 – ARE YOU READY?
Apr 7, 2020
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - FoxGuard Solutions, Inc, as an active member of the NERC CIPC Supply Chain Working Group, was part of the discussions involving NERC CIP-010 and CIP-013 regulations that become enforceable this year. On July 1, 2020, a new...
Read MoreThe Other Side of Responsible Disclosure
Mar 10, 2020
Source: Michele Wright, Product Manager I have been part of several conversations recently and the topic of “responsible disclosure” seems to be coming up more and more. There are strong opinions around who needs what information at what time. There are many...
Read MoreHow to Mitigate Microsoft Vulnerabilities
Jan 16, 2020
(CVE 2020-0601), (CVE 2020-0609/2020-0610), (CVE 2020-0611) Source: Trace Bellassai Several serious security vulnerabilities have been made recently made public which affect Microsoft operating systems. Three vulnerabilities that are of significant...
Read MoreNation-State Supply Chain Attacks for Dummies and You Too
Jan 13, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXm-WOx1GRg Back in October 2018, “Bloomberg” recounted a Chinese supply-chain attack on Supermicro motherboards used in servers for Amazon, Apple, and more than 20 other...
Read MoreASUA Global Force Symposium & Exposition
Mar 17, 2020
The 2020 AUSA Global Force Symposium & Exposition is a three-day event that will include presentations from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), the United States Army Materiel Command, and the United States...
DetailsFoxGuard Solutions, Inc. Designs a Computer to Support Varjo’s XR-1 Developer Edition Headset, To be Showcased at I/ITSEC 2019
Nov 26, 2019
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va., Nov. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Varjo™, the technology leader in industrial-grade VR/XR headsets released its Varjo XR-1 Developer Edition headset this fall (announced in May 2019, but not released to the market yet)....
Read MoreProtect Our Power
Jan 27, 2020
Come see our very own Monta Elkins speak 8:45 – 9:30 on Vulnerability Disclosure. Protect Our Power’s 2nd Best Practices – Utility Cybersecurity conference, will provide critical updated information for anyone who can benefit from learning from or contributing to best practices for the utility cyber sector. Taking place immediately before the opening of DistribuTECH, this conference is a must-see.
DetailsI/ITSEC
Dec 2, 2019
We are excited to be attending I/ITSEC again this year. Please come visit booth #2123 if you are in the area. The Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training event. Held near the beginning of December in Orlando, Florida, USA.
DetailsS4x2020 ICS Security Conference
Jan 20, 2020
We are excited to be a part of the S4x20 ICS Security conference again this year. Please come out and see us if you are in the area. Set free a conservative, slow-moving, change-resistant community to discover new ideas and come up with innovative ways to use these new ideas to deploy secure, resilient and better ICS.
DetailsSoftware Integrity and Authenticity
Oct 30, 2019
Source: Michele Wright, Product Manager As electric utilities look towards furthering their compliance programs for 2020, consideration needs to be made around software integrity and authenticity. Of the new NERC CIP requirements coming into effect next year (July 1,...
Read More“It isn’t possible,” they said. Challenge is what our “hacker-in-chief” heard.
Oct 30, 2019
Source: Trace Bellassai, Client Operations Engineer“It’s not possible,” they said when they saw the Bloomberg article. “There’s no chip that small capable of doing that”. Well, that’s what everyone thought, until our very own Hacker-In-Chief, Monta Elkins, proved that...
Read MoreFoxGuard Solutions Joins The Framatome Family
Oct 16, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Framatome announces the acquisition of FoxGuard Solutions, a U.S. company dedicated to the field of integrated cybersecurity, industrial computing, and regulatory compliance solutions. “We are very pleased to welcome FoxGuard Solutions to...
Read MoreFoxGuard Joins Framatome!
Oct 1, 2019
FoxGuard Solutions announced on 10/1/2019 that it has joined the Framatome Inc. family, as a wholly owned subsidiary. Framatome is an international leader in nuclear energy recognized for its innovative solutions and value-added technologies for the global nuclear...
DetailsEnergy Sector Asset Management
Sep 26, 2019
A PRACTICAL GUIDE – ENERGY SECTOR ASSET MANAGEMENTOver the past several months, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working on a cybersecurity project involving asset...
Read MoreVarjo Accelerates Global Expansion with Opening of US Headquarters
Sep 4, 2019
Company exhibits strong momentum to better serve key markets with opening of first US office, growth of reseller network and launch of shipping to Japan Helsinki – September 5, 2019 – Varjo™, the technology leader in industrial-grade VR/XR headsets, today...
Read Moree-Waste: Is Your Product Compliant?
Aug 26, 2019
E-WASTE: IS YOUR PRODUCT COMPLIANT?Reclamation of metals and alloys in EEE, such as silver, gold, and copper, is one important benefit of regulating e-waste; however, protection for human health and the environment from the release of harmful chemicals contained in...
Read MoreCOMPLIANCE UPDATES
Aug 26, 2019
Source: Barbara Wert, Sr. Regulatory Compliance Specialist RoHS – RECAST v. AMENDMENT Contrary to what many believe, the updated requirement under 2015/863 for compliance to ten substances rather than six does not constitute the “next generation” of RoHS. As of...
Read MoreDefCon
Aug 9, 2019
Nation State Supply Chain Attacks for Dummies -or- Chipping Cisco Firewalls August 9, 2019 4:00 PM Back in October 2018, Bloomberg recounted a Chinese supply-chain attack on Supermicro motherboards used in servers for Amazon, Apple and more. Here is how Monta...
DetailsCyberSenate
Sep 24, 2019
“Protecting and Securing Digital Transformation” 6th Annual INDUSTRIAL CONTROL CYBERSECURITY USA CONFERENCE
DetailsNavy Palt
Jul 9, 2019
Purpose: Provide updated information and status of ongoing acquisitions, which have been formally announced via FedBizOpps, Navy Electronic Commerce Online, TSIS or the NAWCTSD Business Opportunities webpage. There is no agenda; this is industry’s opportunity to ask...
DetailsDEFENDING THE NATION’S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES FROM CYBER ATTACK
Apr 2, 2019
DEFENDING THE NATION’S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES FROM CYBER ATTACKwith FoxGuard Solution’s In Depth Strategy for Securing Industrial Control Systems CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - FoxGuard Solutions, Inc. is engaged and partnered with Lawrence...
Read MoreDebunking the Mystery of the Update Rollups
Mar 21, 2019
Source: JC Boysha, IT System AdministratorIf you’ve been in the game awhile you know that Windows Updates used to be pretty straight-forward. They consisted of a list of patches, each with their own associated KB (or Knowledge Base) article indicating what they were...
Read MoreNIST SP 800-37 Revision 2 PUBLISHED
Jan 2, 2019
Barb Wert, Regulatory Compliance SpecialistToday the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published Revision 2 of SP 800-37 – Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations: A System Life Cycle Approach for Security and...
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