Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have gone up several notches with the killing of Qassem Soleimani, which might raise the risk for cyberattacks. If past is prologue, banks, hospitals and energy infrastructure may be targets as a new decade dawns.
January 07, 2020
A crippling cyberwar with Iran looms, but maybe not. In an interview with Karen Webster, Samuel S. Visner, director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), separates fact from fiction as to what Iran can — and won’t — do when it comes to a tech-based response to the killing of a top general. Planes won’t fall out of the sky, and the lights won’t go dark. However, one thing’s crystal clear: It’s time for U.S. firms to examine where they’re most likely to get hit.
