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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

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Anyone who has anyone in the information security community is usually melting under the hot Nevada sun. Ollam: so locks at DEF CON and locks it at any hacker conference. So these informal sessions were always part of the hacker culture. Yes, grasshoppers invaded Las Vegas at the start of hacker summer camp in 2019.

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WEF Outlines Path to Cyber Resilience for Manufacturing Sector

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"Protecting manufacturing operations requires a shared responsibility model, which includes local plant leadership, manufacturing engineering and operations, and information technology and security teams. In the realm of building control systems, each structure can harbor anywhere from four to eight distinct systems.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

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So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences.

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