The Rising Importance of Research Communities for Industrial Cybersecurity

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IT security research communities have been around for decades, sharing their findings with community members and the vendors of the affected product with the aim of accelerating some type of corrective action to safeguard users. As appreciation for the value of this service continued to grow, vendors began to offer bug bounty programs to provide researchers financial motivation to work with them to identify vulnerabilities.

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Universities Should Prepare for Attacks

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Universities have a long tradition of open learning and collaboration, where information is shared freely among students and researchers alike. In fact, universities played a key role in growing the internet from its early military roots to the global communication platform it has become. Unfortunately, in today’s world, ransomware gangs and other bad actors have become a regular part of online life.

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