OPSWAT Founder and CEO Benny Czarny Warns America's Critical Infrastructure Is the New Frontline of Cyber Warfare on YourUpdateTV – The Manila Times

OPSWAT Founder and CEO Benny Czarny Warns America’s Critical Infrastructure Is the New Frontline of Cyber Warfare on YourUpdateTV  The Manila Times

From Power Grids to Hospitals to Water Systems, the Systems Americans Depend on Every Day Are Facing an Escalating Wave of Cyber Threats Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure continue to make headlines, leaving Americans wondering how threats have evolved and what can be done. Here are some expert insights from Czarny: Why have systems like the power grid, water, and hospitals become such attractive targets for cyberattacks? For Czarny, the answer comes down to vulnerability and impact. "These critical systems, like our water, our energy, are extremely easy targets because they are not really designed or built for today's cybersecurity attacks," he said. Adversaries choose these targets deliberately because a single breach can cause widespread harm.

"Every successful attack is going to impact thousands of lives. Think about yourself without water, without energy." "Our enemies are very much aware of that and are leveraging that to attack us," Czarny warned. "And this is very much happening now." He points to a recent example that hit close to home when Georgia’s Clayton County Water Authority said cyber activity caused a water pressure drop that impacted 300,000 households and forced it to issue a water boil advisory. How has cyber warfare changed and why is prevention now more important than detection? The democratization of cyberattack technology has fundamentally changed the threat landscape. "Cyberattack