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Primers

Ransomware: A Primer

There have been discussions about whether or not ransomware activity is on the decline, including by our own experts here at Consortium Networks, spurred by geopolitical activity and law enforcement actions, th...

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Hearing Report

Hearing Report: Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities to the United States’ Energy Infrastructure Hearing Report

March 23, 2023 Full Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing to Examine Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities to the U.S. Energy Infrastructure Witnesses: Mr. Puesh M. Kumar: Director, Office ...

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Monthly Newsletter

Consortium Networks Monthly Newsletter: April

The Cherry Blossoms of DC have come and gone and, somehow, so has the month of March. The month kicked off with the much-anticipated National Cyber Strategy, spurring a flurry of activity in the cyber world. In...

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News & Events

The Vulkan Files

At the tail-end of March, Mandiant released a report detailing a number of leaked contracts from Vulkan, an IT contracting firm in Moscow. The contracts outline project requirements for engagements between Vulk...

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News & Events

Ransomware Attacks Hit Louisiana and Tennessee

Ransomware attacks on colleges in Tennessee and Louisiana over the past two months have been swift and efficient. At least two colleges in Tennessee and at least five universities in Louisiana were hit with ran...

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News & Events

3CX Supply Chain Attack: What you Need to Know

Supply chain attacks are an effective vector for attackers to get a big bang for their buck. Once a bad actor is in the network of a software or other supply chain organization, it can gain access to a large sw...

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Policy Explainer

New EPA Mandatory Requirement Shows What’s to Come for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Regulation

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released mandatory regulations aimed at the cybersecurity of U.S. water filtration systems by requiring states to survey the networks governing drinking water filtratio...

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Risk Management

The State of Cybersecurity in Higher Education

The Catalyst Students at six different institutions of higher learning in Louisiana missed days to weeks of class this month because of cyberattacks. At one university, Southeastern University of Louisiana,...

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Policy Explainer

What the New National Cyber Strategy Means for Your Business

On March 2nd, the Biden Administration released the much-anticipated National Cyber Strategy (NCS). The NCS outlines and defines the White House’s goals in cyber policy making and gives us insight into what the...

March Newsletter-2
Monthly Newsletter

Consortium Networks Monthly Newsletter: March

Happy Women’s History Month! Consortium Networks is proud of its Story Behind the Story: Women in Cybersecurity interview series and is thrilled to feature an interview with Theresa Payton, the first fema...