Silicon Republic April 2, 2025
Opswat SVP James Neilson discusses the latest cyber defence tactics to protect critical national infrastructure.
Our critical national infrastructure (CNI) is under unprecedented pressure. Vital services such as healthcare, energy and financial services are not only grappling with surging public demand and regulatory pressures, but they have also become prime targets for cybercriminals and nation-state threat actors.
We have already seen the impact that attacks on CNI and their third-party supply chain providers can have.
For example, last year a cyberattack on pathology services provider Synnovis resulted in significant delays to thousands of NHS appointments and procedures.
In fact, in September last year, the ‘Five Eyes’ alliance warned about the “particularly sophisticated threats posed by nation-state attackers, in addition to...