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UK Attorney General discusses hacking back in defense of critical infrastructure. Ethiopia says it stopped cyberattacks on its Nile dam. Recommended cybersecurity improvements for dams in the Southeastern US. Water system security. MITRE releases supply chain security framework. CISA and its partners issue guidelines for evaluating 5G implementation. Deloitte opens a Smart Factory at Wichita State University.

Tim Conway from SANS discusses his path to OT cybersecurity, workforce and cyber skills development for OT personnel, and new developments in cybersecurity education for industrial security.

And in the Learning Lab, Mark Urban is joined by Nick Shaw for part one of an intro to OT.

Control Loop News Brief.Hacking back in defense of critical infrastructure.

Defensive Cyber Attacks Declared Legal by UK AG, Path Cleared to “Hack Back” When Critical Infrastructure & Services Attacked. (CPO Magazine)

TVA recommends cybersecurity improvements for dams in Southeastern US.

Request for Final Action - Audit 2020-17340 Non-Power Dam Control Cybersecurity. (Office of the Inspector General, TVA) 

INSA says cyber attack on GERD, financial institutions foiled. (Addis Standard)

Water system security.

Cyberspace Solarium congressman, water officials decry EPA inaction on cybersecurity. (CyberScoop)

MITRE releases supply chain security framework.

Mitre’s New “System Of Trust” Protects Vulnerable Supply Chains (MITRE)

CISA and its partners issue guidelines for evaluating 5G implementation.

5G Security Evaluation Process Investigation Version 1 (CISA)

Ransomware attack on FOXCONN Mexico factory operations..

Foxconn: Mexico factory operations ‘gradually returning to normal’ after ransomware attack. (The Record)

LockBit, Conti most active ransomware targeting industrial sector. (Bleeping Computer)

Deloitte opens US Smart Factory.

Deloitte Opens New US Smart Factory in Wichita, Kansas, Convenes Ecosystem of Innovators to Make Industry 4.0 a Reality (PR Newswire)

Control Loop Interview.

Tim Conway from SANS discusses his path to OT cybersecurity, workforce and cyber skills development for OT personnel, and new developments in cybersecurity education for industrial security.

His LinkedIn profile may be found here; follow him at the SANS Institute here.

Control Loop Learning Lab.

Mark Urban is joined by Nick Shaw for part one of an intro to OT.

A Collection of Resources for Getting Started in ICS/SCADA Cybersecurity

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