Implications of an Offense-First National Strategy

Megan Stifel of the Institute for Security and Technology shares her insight on the National Cyber Strategy, zeroing in on one pillar that puts an emphasis on offensive security and shaping adversary behavior.

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Imminent National Cyber Strategy May Lean on Offense at the Expense of Defense

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OT cybersecurity expert Mike Holcomb joins the Nexus Podcast live from S4 Conference in Miami to discuss how state actors may be leveraging hacktivists to target operational technology (OT). Holcomb has delineated these groups in what he calls a Converged Actor Framework that categorizes threat actors by the impact and frequency of their incidents. A converged actor is potentially the riskiest given the potential for high frequency high impact incidents.
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Nexus Podcast: Mike Holcomb on the Intersection of Hacktivists and State Actors

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Debora Borel on IT/OT Convergence in Hospitals

In this interview from Nexus Conference 2025, Debora Borel, Cyber Security Coordinator, Einstein Hospital Israelita in Sao Paolo, Brazil, explains how the…
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In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, CISA ICS Cybersecurity Lead Matthew Rogers discusses new guidance from the agency on the use of security operational technology (OT) protocols, titled “Barriers to Secure OT Communication: Why Johnny Can’t Authenticate.” The paper advocates for the use of secure versions of legacy OT protocols, or the adoption of open standards by OEMs, in order to bring authentication and integrity to OT protocol communication.
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Nexus Podcast: CISA’s Matthew Rogers on Secure OT Protocol Communication

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