Critical Information Infrastructures Security: Safeguarding the Backbone of Modern Society
: Persistent actors like "Volt Typhoon" maintain long-term access inside infrastructure, using "living-off-the-land" (LOTL) techniques to stay undetected and ready for activation during a future crisis. Critical Information Infrastructures Security: ...
Protecting CII is complicated by several inherent weaknesses in how these systems were built and maintained: Key competencies for critical infrastructure cyber-security : Adversaries now routinely use Large Language Models
: The objective has shifted from simple data theft to taking systems offline. Attack campaigns targeting CI surged by 87% in early 2025 . Key Vulnerabilities in Critical Systems
: Adversaries now routinely use Large Language Models (LLMs) to craft hyper-personalized phishing and plausible deepfakes, achieving significantly higher compromise rates than traditional methods.
: 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