Yet Another Security Blog

 Summary News came this week of several new cyber security operation centers.  This is a great idea.  The harder we make it for the bad guys the more likely they are to try and figure out something else to do.  We also have some advisories about issues in Industrial Control Systems(ICS). News SLTT Several Puerto Rico government entities were struck by a cyberattack including the territories Senate.  Still not a lot of information at this time. https://www.securityweek.com/official-says-puerto-ricos-senate-targeted-cyberattack?&web_view=true The Port of Los Angeles has opened its own Cyber Resilience Center (CRC).  This CRC will ensure that the port is protected from cyber threats that might impact cargo shipments that come into one of the world's most active seaports.   https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/la-launches-cyber-resilience-center/ Power The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is looking at implementing a new regulation that would mandate owners an

 Summary First, let me start by saying that I am very sorry for the long pause.  As some of you know I am a grad student and last semester was very brutal.  I lost pretty much all my free time between work and school.  I also was ill (non-covid) for a couple of weeks and was out of commission.  Lastly, over the holidays, I (like most of the rest of the cyber security world) was under pretty high alert and spent a lot of after-hours time perfecting my IDS and response systems.  I am hopeful in 2022 to do better (just like I am every year).  To assist with this, I am toying with starting a podcast in either totally audible or in audio-video format.  Please feel free to let me know if this would be of use. News Education A nonprofit is warning that many of the programs and applications used by k-12 schools have major privacy and security flaws.  One of the major contributors was the use of website technologies to allow schools to create dynamic content, but a lot of this has little to no