Re:What’s interesting about the Florida water system hack is...
by ketzo on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:41PM
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The article mentions that a huge number of water treatment facilities are controlled by publicly-accessible web portals.
Maybe the goal isn't to make every single facility 100% secure to all threats, but it's totally defeatist to say that we couldn't somewhat increase the actual security of many systems. VPNs alone would provide a great first line of defense, and even for a government-run utility, the barrier to installation is very low there.
I have a fair level of skepticism around security theatre, too, but I think it's unfairly cynical to suggest that we don't have a goal of making ourselves more secure.
Maybe the goal isn't to make every single facility 100% secure to all threats, but it's totally defeatist to say that we couldn't somewhat increase the actual security of many systems. VPNs alone would provide a great first line of defense, and even for a government-run utility, the barrier to installation is very low there.
I have a fair level of skepticism around security theatre, too, but I think it's unfairly cynical to suggest that we don't have a goal of making ourselves more secure.