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NERC CIP-013 NEW REGULATIONS
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...
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Framatome launches FoxGuard EU to bring cybersecurity expertise to European market
September 7, 2021 – Framatome today announced the launch of FoxGuard EU at the International Cybersecurity Forum in Lille, France. This new business leverages the cybersecurity expertise of U.S.-based FoxGuard Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Framatome, for the...
Read MoreCybersecurity / Resiliency is a path, not a destination
Source: Monta Elkins, FoxGuard Solutions Hacker In Chief It is not reliable if it is not secure.Ransomware has significantly affected companies abilities to deliver their product (and in some high profile cases, deliver other people’s products). A backup guards...
Read MoreDEFENDING THE NATION’S RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES FROM CYBER ATTACK DURING A PANDEMIC
Technology tools (software and hardware) allow for rapid cyber security deployments.
Read MoreFoxGuard Solutions Teams Up with Industrial Defender
Transforming Patch and Vulnerability Management for OT Security Teams. This partnership combines Industrial Defender’s depth and breadth of asset data collection with FoxGuard’s ability to report, acquire, validate and deploy vendor-approved patch and vulnerability...
Read MoreFAR, DFARS, and CMMC, oh my …
Source: Barbara Wert, Sr. Regulatory Compliance Specialist Introduction Immediate action towards compliance to handling Federal “Controlled Information” (CI) is required for Government contractors and subcontractors who wish to be eligible for Department of Defense...
Read MoreCVE-2020-1472 Vulnerability
Source: Monta Elkins, Hacker-In-Chief The CVE-2020-1472 vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to completely compromise all Active Directory services. This vulnerability has been dubbed “Zerologon” by the security company that discovered it, Secura (link to...
Read MoreNERC CIP requirements coming into effect
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?
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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!
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
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
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?
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
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
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
“Protecting and Securing Digital Transformation” 6th Annual INDUSTRIAL CONTROL CYBERSECURITY USA CONFERENCE
DetailsNavy Palt
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
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
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
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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