More than 80 percent of the most severe tech-related vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure originate from the same 20 software components, a new report out this week from Fortress Information Security finds.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released guidance on Thursday aimed at helping Federal agencies, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and other government and private sector stakeholders with their critical infrastructure security and resilience efforts.

Feds Warn of Chinese Hack Into US Critical Infrastructure
Federal agencies called on all organizations today to urgently implement a series of cybersecurity actions after discovering that a Chinese-based hacking group has compromised the IT environments of multiple U.S. critical infrastructure organizations – with the end goal of a future cyberattack.

Rep. William Hurd, R-Texas, stressed at IBM’s Think Gov event today that America needs to lead the world in developing 5G wireless networks and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, especially with China on the rise as a voracious international competitor, and said successful development and application of the two technologies are inextricably linked.