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About Paul Veeneman

With over 28 years of experience across various industries including Transportation, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Defense, Paul has been actively working within the United States Critical Infrastructure sectors, agencies, and organizations, addressing challenges, providing guidance, insight, and innovation in Operations Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), IoT, IIoT, SCADA cybersecurity and risk management knowledge, expertise, and education.

Paul's Articles

2024.02.18 Growing convergence of geopolitics and cyber warfare continue to threaten OT and ICS environments in 2024
Growing convergence of geopolitics and cyber warfare continue to threaten OT and ICS environments in 2024
As we move into 2024, the influence of geopolitics on cyber warfare has become increasingly pronounced, with rising instances of impacts on OT (operational technology) and ICS (industrial control systems) environments. Geopolitical tensions between major powers have escalated into a…
Guarding the Tracks: Cybersecurity imperatives for the future of rail infrastructure
Guarding the Tracks: Cybersecurity imperatives for the future of rail infrastructure
Strengthening cybersecurity in rail infrastructure and systems is imperative for modern transportation, addressing vulnerabilities in both physical rail systems and associated software. The interconnected nature of networks across the rail transportation sector exposes them to diverse cyber threats, including unauthorized…
Digital Battlegrounds: Evolving Hybrid Kinetic Warfare
Digital Battlegrounds: Evolving Hybrid Kinetic Warfare
Hybrid warfare, also known as asymmetric warfare, is a strategy that combines conventional and unconventional tactics to weaken and defeat an adversary through non-traditional means. While traditional warfare involves the use of kinetic (physical) force to destroy the enemy's assets,…
Open-source ETHOS platform to improve availability of OT/ICS devices, networks for data sharing, collaboration
Open-source ETHOS platform to improve availability of OT/ICS devices, networks for data sharing, collaboration
With the release of the OT-centric, vendor-agnostic, open-source ETHOS platform, cybersecurity teams and stakeholders can improve industrial process automation and optimize production while reducing operational costs. Launched by a group of OT (operational technology) vendors, the platform can anonymously share…
CISA BOD 23-01 broadens cybersecurity baseline for federal agencies, though education, budget reviews likely hurdles
CISA BOD 23-01 broadens cybersecurity baseline for federal agencies, though education, budget reviews likely hurdles
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released earlier this month a Binding Operational Directive to make more measurable progress toward enhancing visibility into assets and associated vulnerabilities across all federal civilian executive branches (FCEB) and the agencies operating…

More Paul's Articles

Mounting cybersecurity threats push the need to layer defense-in-depth approach in industrial environments
Mounting cybersecurity threats push the need to layer defense-in-depth approach in industrial environments
Balancing ICS business risks within critical water and wastewater sector
Balancing ICS business risks within critical water and wastewater sector
SolarWinds attack
One year after SolarWinds attack, more needs to be done to boost cybersecurity in industrial sector
Counter Ransomware Initiative
Adopting a Counter Ransomware Initiative to address transnational threat landscape
Analyzing the role of the CIR Office at CISA to deal with cybersecurity incidents
Analyzing the role of the CIR Office at CISA to deal with cybersecurity incidents

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