critical infrastructure

Critical infrastructure refers to the physical and cyber assets essential for the functioning of a society and economy, such as energy grids, water systems, and transportation networks. These assets are considered vital to national security, public health, and safety.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to a surge in sophisticated cyberattacks targeting these assets and new government policies aimed at securing them from foreign and domestic threats.

Latest on critical infrastructure

• Warlock Expands SharePoint Exploitation in Critical Infrastructure Attacks
• CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure to Plant Decoys Inside Networks
• OpenAI Pledges $1 Billion to Bring Frontier AI to Critical Infrastructure Defenders
• CISA scraps 6 free cybersecurity assessments for critical infrastructure operators
• UK Moves to Block High-Risk Tech Suppliers From Critical Infrastructure
• Drones are the next big security challenge for critical infrastructure
• Britto emphasized the need for regulatory oversight to prevent potential disruptions in financial markets and critical infrastructure.
• citing uncontrolled AI development as a growing risk.
• Besides the risks to both troops and equipment, typhoons and other storms could also damage critical infrastructure and disrupt training, as well as divert personnel and resources towards emergency relief
• Security researchers have raised concerns that advanced AI systems could be weaponized to execute sophisticated cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
• The Trump administration is drafting a ban on new Chinese data center component imports to protect critical infrastructure supporting AI development.
• the real number is how many critical infrastructure decisions are still made by humans watching thermometers instead of predictive systems

Connections

27 entities linked to critical infrastructure across the news graph.