Tooling U-SME, the workforce training and development arm of SME, and CyManII, the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, have partnered to deliver “CyManII Sealed” – endorsed cybersecurity training for manufacturers. As cyberattacks grow increasingly sophisticated and threat landscapes expand, organizations and their employees need to...

That is the philosophy of CyManII (pronounced sī-man-ē), the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute. CyManII is an inclusive national research Institute comprised of members from: a) major leading research universities in cybersecurity, smart, and energy efficient manufacturing; b) Department of Energy (DoE) National Laboratories with...

Reported in 2014, hackers infiltrated the IT network of a German steel plant with a successful email “spear-phishing” attempt. Once they were into the system, the hackers subsequently were able to access the operational technology (OT) of the plant’s operating system. That’s when the crime turned deadly. The attackers compromised settings on the...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards to five of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes to fund the acceleration of education and workforce development (EWD) programs that support domestic manufacturing. Specifically, this funding will be used to expand EWD services to broader communities across our nation and...