: Beyond cyber, the increasing intensity of extreme weather—hurricanes, floods, and wildfires—poses a direct physical threat to aging infrastructure. 2. Key Vulnerabilities in Critical Systems
: Over 97% of identity-based attacks target password-based authentication. Attackers now use legitimate credentials to bridge the gap between enterprise IT and operational technology (OT). Critical Information Infrastructures Security: ...
Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) refers to the computer resources, networks, and digital assets so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, the economy, public health, or safety. As we move further into 2026, these systems—ranging from electrical grids and water treatment plants to financial networks and telecommunications—are facing an unprecedented era of disruption. : Beyond cyber, the increasing intensity of extreme
: Adversaries now routinely use Large Language Models (LLMs) to craft hyper-personalized phishing and plausible deepfakes, achieving significantly higher compromise rates than traditional methods. Attackers now use legitimate credentials to bridge the
Protecting CII is complicated by several inherent weaknesses in how these systems were built and maintained: Key competencies for critical infrastructure cyber-security