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Protecting the Backbone of the Digital World: The Critical Role of Layer-1 Cybersecurity in Data Center Defense

Data centers are the backbone of the digital world, and securing them becomes critical as the world becomes increasingly data-driven. Cybersecurity is no longer just a concern for IT professionals; it is a business issue that affects the entire organization. Layer-1 infrastructure...

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Never Underestimate an Insider Threat

The Situation

Adding fuel to the fire ignited by the recent and well-publicized overt espionage activities being perpetrated by the Chinese government on US interests, a lower-profile, albeit not rare, incident has made its way into the news. Specifically, last July a Chinese...

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Gaining Control of Your Long-Haul Optical Infrastructure

What if you could predict a data outage, intrusion or security breech on your long-haul optical infrastructure before it happened?  What if you could be immediately alerted that an event was taking place, redirect cameras and dispatch appropriate response teams, preventing or reducing...

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Substation Attacks: Protecting the Thin Line between Comfort and Crisis

Almost 10 years ago, an incident occurred at a Pacific Gas and Electric power substation near San Jose California (Metcalf) which nearly brought down power to the vast area served by the station. In short, bad actors attempted to disrupt power generation by firing high-powered rifles...

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NIS Expands their World-Class Sales Engineering Team with Proven Industry Leader

Hickory, N.C. (August 15, 2022) - Network Integrity Systems (NIS), the leader in Converged Cyber & Physical security solutions, is pleased to announce that they have formalized an agreement with Mr. Jason Aguilar to join their industry leading Sales Engineering team. 

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NIS Adds Senior Project Manager to Its Growing Team

Hickory, N.C. - Network Integrity Systems (NIS), the leader in Converged Cyber and Physical Security Solutions, is pleased to announce that we have appointed Mr. Andrew Dickson to the position of Senior Project Manager.

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FOSA Appoints Dave Cunningham, Vice President of Marketing, as Board Chairman

The Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) has appointed Dave Cunningham as Board Chairman for 2022.  Network Integrity Systems has been a member of FOSA since 2018, and Dave served as Vice-Chair for the organization in 2021. 

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If you knew a year ago what you know today...

If you haven’t noticed lately, our national Critical Infrastructure has proven to be more and more vulnerable, both to intentional attack and accidental damage. From the Colonial Pipeline attack to the California Pipeline spill, our nation's Critical Infrastructure is susceptible to...

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NIS joins group of analysts and companies encouraging the US Government to focus on Critical Infrastructure Security.

The recent cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline is being regarded as a "wake-up call"for our nation. While the impact is large, resulting in extended fuel shortages across a large swath of the US, it could have been far worse had the actors targeted the Operational Technology (OT) ...

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Encryption Won't Protect and Ensure the Availability of Your Network

Despite the belief that encryption is the only way to keep your company’s customer and propriety information safe, there are many downsides to consider.These downsides include open points of vulnerability that allow for data theft, a significant decrease in the throughput of your...

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