There is not a consistent and well-understood understanding of the businesses, systems, and assets that constitute what critical infrastructure is.

After releasing guidelines to help critical infrastructure providers effectively secure and protect their operational technology (OT) systems, the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre told organizations that provide critical infrastructure to use the principles to inform the design, implementation, and management of IT ecosystems and the…

The linkage between private companies that maintain vast data networks and the government agencies and officials that use them is one of several themes raised in a new report from Auburn University’s McCrary Institute of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure. The report, “Securing America’s Digital Future:…

A bipartisan cyber policy roadmap for the next presidential administration recommends boosting the Office of the National Cyber Director to help strengthen government coordination on pressing cybersecurity threats. The report, released last week by Auburn University’s McCrary Institute, includes a sweeping set of cyber policy recommendations…

When the next president and their administration takes office in January, they will confront perennial problems and a long list of unfinished cyber business. A group of 40 cybersecurity experts from McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure at Auburn University and the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 released 39 recommendations last…

Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 published a report that provides the incoming U.S. administration essential recommendations to enhance the nation’s cybersecurity, incorporating insights from industry specialists and former federal officials. Building upon the groundbreaking…

As October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the idea that global interconnection reduces conflict is increasingly under scrutiny. The rise of “securitized globalization,” where national security outweighs economic interdependence, reflects a major global shift. Governments and businesses are now focused on “de-risking,” reducing reliance on other…

George Barnes, former deputy director, NSA, and cyber practice president at Red Cell Partners shares fears about the current cyber threat landscape and what business leaders need to know with Bloomberg’s Katrina Manson at Bloomberg Tech in San Francisco.

In the digital age, where cybersecurity threats loom large over contemporary life, the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University stands as a beacon of innovation and expertise. Under the leadership of Director Frank J. Cilluffo, the institute has carved out a pivotal…