ICIT – Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

The USB Threat No One is Talking About: Research on Firmware-Based Attacks Reveals the Urgent Need to Improve Supply Chain Security for all USB-Enabled Devices
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The USB Threat No One is Talking About: Research on Firmware-Based Attacks Reveals the Urgent Need to Improve Supply Chain Security for all USB-Enabled Devices

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The USB Threat No One is Talking About: Research on Firmware-Based Attacks Reveals the Urgent Need to Improve Supply Chain Security for all USB-Enabled Devices

This is the second in a series of publications [...]

By ICIT|2018-10-22T17:32:05+00:00October 22nd, 2018|ICIT Publications, Technology Assessments|0 Comments

Where the East Meets the West: How Western Internet and Modern Communications Technology Helped Soviet-style Propaganda in Donbass
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Where the East Meets the West: How Western Internet and Modern Communications Technology Helped Soviet-style Propaganda in Donbass

ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership

Where the East Meets the West: How Western Internet and Modern Communications Technology Helped Soviet-style Propaganda in Donbass

This document is published as part of ICIT's Contributor [...]

By ICIT|2018-10-17T14:50:26+00:00October 17th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

The Cyber X Factor of the Savannah River Site
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The Cyber X Factor of the Savannah River Site

Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications, Sector Specific

The Cyber X Factor of the Savannah River Site

When developing strategies to defend our Nation’s Energy and [...]

By ICIT|2018-10-22T16:59:33+00:00September 25th, 2018|Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

Deliver Uncompromised: Pentagon Leadership Can Improve Supply Chain Security Across the Nation
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Deliver Uncompromised: Pentagon Leadership Can Improve Supply Chain Security Across the Nation

ICIT Publications, Sector Specific

Deliver Uncompromised: Pentagon Leadership Can Improve Supply Chain Security Across the Nation

This is the first in a series of publications [...]

By ICIT|2018-10-22T17:00:36+00:00September 9th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

Security #SquadGoals
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Security #SquadGoals

ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership

Security #SquadGoals

Despite an incessant onslaught of insider threats, social engineering [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-23T19:25:52+00:00August 23rd, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

The FDA Finally Suggests Meaningful Action to Secure Medical Devices

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T18:34:13+00:00May 15th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

Crushing Protectionist Silos to Expedite Tech Industry Niche Evolution: Using Social Media to Curate and Disseminate Information

by Drew Spaniel, Researcher, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology The [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T18:34:46+00:00May 14th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

“The Most Important Vote for the Internet in History” #SaveTheInternet

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T18:35:01+00:00May 14th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

America is Losing the Cyberwar: What’s Next for Our Cyber-Defense without an NSC Cybersecurity Coordinator?

by James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T18:35:22+00:00May 11th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

What the Health Sector Needs to Know About Cryptocurrency Technologies, Blockchain, and Cryptojacking Attacks

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T18:35:46+00:00May 9th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

The Orangeworm Mystery Plaguing the Health Sector

by James Scott, Co-Founder and Sr. Fellow, ICIT The International [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:39:10+00:00May 8th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: “Facebook Poses a Massive Risk to National Security: But It’s Worse than You Think…”

Dragnet surveillance capitalists turned dragnet surveillance propagandists remain under-controlled to [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:40:08+00:00April 28th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

What is Facebook’s Relationship with China and How Has U.S. Data Been Exposed?

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:40:22+00:00April 6th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Introduces: The Center for Space Warfare Studies (CSWS)

People jest that space is the final frontier, unchartered territory, [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:40:44+00:00March 30th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

Why We Are No Longer on Facebook

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow ICIT, CCIOS, CSWS The detailed [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:41:19+00:00March 23rd, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

National Security Depends on the Utilization of the MGT Act

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT Nearly three-quarters of the [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:41:32+00:00March 21st, 2018|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: The CLOUD Act – Immediate Passage of the CLOUD Act Ensures Unambiguous Protection of Privacy and National Security

The CLOUD Act is meaningful bipartisan legislation that will empower [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:41:57+00:00March 1st, 2018|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Brief: Dispelling the Fear of IT Modernization

IT modernization is confounded by shoestring budgets, system incompatibilities, and [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:42:12+00:00February 27th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

National Security Officials Letter in Support of the Secure Elections Act

On February 20, 2018, twenty-one national security officials, including General [...]

By ICIT|2018-11-12T23:56:52+00:00February 26th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

William Evanina is the Counterintelligence Leader our Nation Needs

The digital threat landscape is wrought with nation-state advanced persistent [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:42:52+00:00February 22nd, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

Information Warfare: The Meme is the Embryo of the Narrative Illusion
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Information Warfare: The Meme is the Embryo of the Narrative Illusion

ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership

Information Warfare: The Meme is the Embryo of the Narrative Illusion

Purchase Here Abstract Cogito ergo sum (I think, [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:43:09+00:00February 7th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

How To Protect Critical Infrastructure From Insider Threats

By William R. Evanina [William R. Evanina is the [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:43:43+00:00January 5th, 2018|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

Hacking Cyborgs: By 2025, Non-Augmented Humans Will Be Obsolete. But There’s Bad News…

Download This Paper The human condition is plagued [...]

By ICIT|2018-11-12T23:35:00+00:00October 30th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis – Carbanak Threatens Critical Infrastructure: Cybercriminal APTs Merit Significant Investigation and Discussion

Carbanak, currently one of the most effective advanced persistent threats [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:44:25+00:00October 14th, 2017|Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications|0 Comments

ICIT Introduces: Center for Cyber-Influence Operations Studies (CCIOS)

“This is an advisory that studies the weaponized digital applications [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:44:59+00:00October 13th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

Equifax: The Hazards of Dragnet Surveillance Capitalism Part 2: Just Another Data Breach? Or C-Suite Criminal Negligence?

The reckless handling of data collected in capitalistic dragnet surveillance [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:45:20+00:00October 2nd, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis – Equifax: America’s In-Credible Insecurity – Part One

A catastrophic breach of Equifax’s systems was inevitable because of [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:45:36+00:00September 20th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

Dragonfly is Nothing New: An Objective Assessment of this Energy Sector APT

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT Show-of-force intelligence gathering and [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:45:56+00:00September 8th, 2017|Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: The Graham-Klobuchar Amendment Can Secure Election Infrastructure

Election integrity is a non-partisan issue that merits significant bipartisan [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T19:46:13+00:00August 15th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

HHS’ HCCIC Takes a Quantum Leap Forward to Secure the Health Sector

HHS is aggressively working with industry to introduce organizational cybersecurity [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:37:26+00:00August 14th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Publication: I Got 99 Problems But a Breach Ain’t One

Critical Infrastructure Information Security systems are failing under persistent adversarial [...]

By ICIT|2018-11-12T23:36:17+00:00July 23rd, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

ICIT Brief: Metadata – The Most Potent Weapon in This Cyberwar: The New Cyber-Kinetic-Meta War

Metadata, or “data about data,” is collected and recorded to [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:38:08+00:00July 12th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: The Surveillance State & Censorship Legislation Conundrum: Dragnet Surveillance & Censorship Legislation Will Do Nothing to Eliminate Cyber Jihad & Lone Wolf Recruiting

Recent efforts by governments to weaken encryption, introduce exploitable vulnerabilities [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:38:27+00:00June 27th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

Next Generation Defenses for a Hyper Evolving Threat Landscape: An Anthology of ICIT Fellow Essays Volume I

Download Now The onslaught of attacks on our [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:38:43+00:00June 15th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

The Necessity of Encryption for Preserving Critical Infrastructure Integrity: Protecting Data At-Rest, In-Transit, and During-Processing with Format Preserving Encryption

The Necessity of Encryption for Preserving Critical Infrastructure Integrity: Protecting [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:39:14+00:00June 6th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Technology Assessments|0 Comments

There’s Proof That North Korea Launched the WannaCry Attack? Not So Fast! – A Warning Against Premature, Inconclusive, and Distracting Attribution

By James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT Last week, ICIT urged [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:39:37+00:00May 23rd, 2017|Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: America Exposed – Who’s Watching You Through your Computer’s Camera?

Virtually every computer, smartphone, and internet-enabled mobile device has a [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:39:55+00:00May 23rd, 2017|Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications|0 Comments

WannaCry Ransomware & The Perils of Shoddy Attribution: It’s the Russians! No Wait, It’s the North Koreans!

By James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT Baseless Attribution Discussions Distract [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:40:11+00:00May 18th, 2017|Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications|0 Comments

Recommendations for Preventing Ransomware Exploitation

By James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:40:33+00:00May 16th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: The Cyber Shield Act

Download Here Industry experts and federal agencies such [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:40:52+00:00April 20th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: Sowing the Seeds of U.S. Cyber Talent

Download Here K-12 students are the most prevalent [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:41:08+00:00April 18th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis – S.J. Res. 34 – Introduction of Privatized Censorship

Download Now With S.J.Res.34, every citizen will have [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:42:04+00:00March 30th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

The Know Your Enemies 3.0 Advanced Persistent Threat Advisory is Finally Here!

We Connect the Dots between Nation State, Cyber Mercenary, Cyber [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:42:33+00:00March 28th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: How to Crush the Health Sector’s Ransomware Pandemic

Download The health sector is the most vulnerable, [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:43:11+00:00March 13th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

Cybersecurity in Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organizations

Download Here Non-Profit and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) rely [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:43:28+00:00February 23rd, 2017|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: Signature Based Malware Detection is Dead

Download Now Signature and behavioral based anti-malware are [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:43:48+00:00February 9th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Technology Assessments|0 Comments

Join ICIT Fellows at RSA for Demos, Education and Networking!

ICIT will have a strong presence at the 2017 RSA [...]

By ICIT|2017-07-31T16:08:11+00:00February 8th, 2017|Latest Posts|0 Comments

ICIT Brief: In 2017, The Insider Threat Epidemic Begins

Download Now Just as American and European critical [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:45:30+00:00January 31st, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

Congressman Jim Langevin Receives the ICIT Transcend Award

From Left to Right: James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT; [...]

By ICIT|2017-07-31T16:08:36+00:00January 25th, 2017|Latest Posts|0 Comments

ICIT Publication: Dragnet Surveillance Nation: How Data Brokers Sold Out America

Download Here With recent accusations of fake news [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:46:00+00:00January 25th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

The Cybersecurity Show Must Go On: Surpassing Security Theatre and Minimal Compliance Regulations

Download Now The United States Cybersecurity culture is [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:46:19+00:00January 5th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

“Fake News” Is “Old News” for Nation State and Mercenary APTs

By James Scott, Senior Fellow ICIT Regardless of your partisan [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:46:44+00:00January 4th, 2017|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

It’s the Russians! … or Is it? Cold War Rhetoric in the Digital Age

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT Introduction Malicious actors can [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:47:02+00:00December 13th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: Identity and Access Management Solutions: Automating Cybersecurity While Embedding Pervasive and Ubiquitous Cyber-Hygiene-by-Design

Download Here Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:47:13+00:00December 13th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Technology Assessments|0 Comments

ICIT Publication – Rise of the Machines: The Dyn Attack Was Just a Practice Run

Download Now! As the adversarial threat landscape continues [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:47:21+00:00December 4th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

Overcoming Event Fatigue: ICIT Programs Offer a Platform for True Thought Leader Collaboration

by James Scott (Sr. Fellow, ICIT) & Parham Eftekhari (Sr. [...]

By ICIT|2017-07-31T18:15:53+00:00November 16th, 2016|Latest Posts|0 Comments

The Painfully Vulnerable Election System and Rampant Security Theater

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT and Drew Spaniel, Fellow, [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:47:54+00:00October 24th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

DYN Attacks Exploit Old and Well Known Vulnerabilities

by James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT and Drew Spaniel, Researcher, [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:48:01+00:00October 22nd, 2016|Cybersecurity Research, ICIT Publications|0 Comments

The Categorical Threat Landscape to Consider When Reading NASS’ Open Letter to Congress

Authored By: James Scott, Sr. Fellow, ICIT & Drew Spaniel, [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:48:10+00:00September 28th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: Hacking Elections is Easy! Part 2: Psst! Wanna Buy a National Voter Database? Hacking E-Voting Systems Was Just the Beginning

Download The United States election process has been [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:48:24+00:00September 18th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Brief – Your Life, Repackaged and Resold: The Deep Web Exploitation of Health Sector Breach Victims

Download Here Despite being the most at-risk and [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:48:54+00:00September 6th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: Hacking Elections is Easy! Part One: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

Download Here! True democracy relies on the reliability [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:49:24+00:00August 28th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Brief – The Energy Sector Hacker Report: Profiling the Hacker Groups that Threaten our Nation’s Energy Sector

Download Among our Nation’s critical infrastructures, the Energy [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:49:46+00:00August 15th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Brief – China’s Espionage Dynasty: Economic Death by a Thousand Cuts

Download The criminal culture of theft that has [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:51:09+00:00July 11th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Report: Utilizing the NSA’s CSfC Process- Protecting National Security Systems with Commercial Layered Solutions

Download The acceleration of State Sponsored and Mercenary [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:51:57+00:00July 5th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Sector Specific|0 Comments

ICIT Report: CISO Solution Fatigue – Overcoming the Challenges of Cybersecurity Solution Overload

Download Due to the plague of APTs, malware, [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:52:20+00:00June 27th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

ICIT Analysis: The Wound Collectors – Profiling the Self Radicalized Lone-Wolf Terrorist

Download Acts of domestic terrorism in the West [...]

By ICIT|2018-08-25T20:52:31+00:00June 20th, 2016|ICIT Publications, Thought Leadership|0 Comments

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