“Perhaps one of the greatest fears shared by critical infrastructure professionals in today’s age of connected infrastructure is the risk for a cyber attack that goes beyond data theft and can bring down the entire facility HAVAC system or a high-rise tower control system and even threatens occupants’ lives,” says Dr Rida Hamza, VP of Critical Infrastructure Protection at Parsons. “This pervasive introduction of sensors and connected devices into our lives and with such a divergent and broad technical understanding required to execute this transformation quickly, it begs the question of how well versed and disciplined we are in applying proper measures,” Hamza continues. There have now been enough cyber attacks for everyone to understand that there is a danger and to know that they must protect their systems or face potentially catastrophic consequences. The time has come to stop complaining about cyber attacks and focus on how to protect our emerging smart society. “I […]