About this episode

Victor Atkins discusses the importance of utility cyber-preparedness in light of the upcoming World Cup.

Victor Atkins, 1898 & Co.’s Director of Critical Infrastructure Security Consulting Services, presents a compelling case for utility cyber-preparedness ahead of the World Cup being held soon in North America, largely in the United States. Victor provides concrete examples of threat actors, instances of prior attacks, actionable cyber-preparedness steps for critical infrastructure providers, and much more. Plus, Reese Tisdale joins us for another Bluefield on Tap segment with the latest on data centers and water use. In this session, you’ll learn about: Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include: Thank You! Thanks to each of you…

People in this episode

Host: Dave McGimpsey

Guest: Victor Atkins

Topics covered

• cyber-preparedness
• critical infrastructure
• World Cup
• data centers
• water use

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• utilities
• threat actors
• infrastructure
• preparedness
• data centers
• water use

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 1898 & Co.

Places: North America, United States

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