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Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector: Reduce Data Integrity Breaches with NIST SP 1800-10
April 21, 2022By: Dr. Michael Powell Credit: iStock/xieyuliang Industrial control systems (ICS) help manufacturers boost productivity, optimize efficiency and advance production lines. Historically, ICS networks were isolated from the information technology (IT) networks and internet, or “air gapped.” Today, air gapping is…
Realizing the Blazing Potential of Promising Workforce Programs
Credit: iStock/relif I remember well when the phrase “a thousand points of light” entered regular usage. Popularized by President George H. W. Bush, the phrase referred to individuals and organizations that provide valuable and even life-saving work in communities around the…
DoD Cybersecurity Acronym Help
By: Cory Larson – CMMC, NIST 800-171, & DFARs Cory Larson – WMEP Consultant – Automation & Cybersecurity Registered Practitioner, CMMC-AB Greetings! This is Cory Larson, and I am an Automation & Cybersecurity consultant at WMEP. I wanted to write…
4 Best Practices for Better Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning. Rarely were there two words viewed with more reluctance, dread, and disappointment. The process of strategic planning is often considered too time consuming for manufacturers, especially when their immediate needs are more pressing. For others, it’s too intimidating as it comes…
When Good Strategies Go Bad: The 7 Deadly Execution Mistakes
Much work goes into developing sound business strategies. Yet when it comes to executing those brilliant initiatives, plenty of organizations fall short. If execution is the secret behind every successful plan, why do so many companies fail at it? One…
Employee Recruitment: Winning the War for Talent
By Chris Czarnik, CEO of Career Research Group, Award Winning International Speaker | Author | Business Trainer | Chris Czarnik, CEO of Career Research Group The intensifying struggles facing companies in their quest to recruit employees has been brewing for years, a…