: The objective has shifted from simple data theft to taking systems offline. Attack campaigns targeting CI surged by 87% in early 2025 .
Critical Information Infrastructures Security: Safeguarding the Backbone of Modern Society Critical Information Infrastructures Security: ...
: 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. : The objective has shifted from simple data
The "air-gapped" isolation of the past is gone. Today’s threat landscape is defined by five structural realities that are reshaping resilience priorities: The "air-gapped" isolation of the past is gone
: 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
Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) refers to the computer resources, networks, and digital assets so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, the economy, public health, or safety. As we move further into 2026, these systems—ranging from electrical grids and water treatment plants to financial networks and telecommunications—are facing an unprecedented era of disruption.