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Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria Establishes Mandatory Cybersecurity Units in Public Sector
Presidential Decree 26-07 requires every Algerian public institution to create dedicated cybersecurity units.
Cybersecurity & Risk
NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework Gets Critical Infrastructure Profile
NIST releases a critical infrastructure profile for its AI RMF and publishes NISTIR 8596 Cyber AI Profile. What operators and security teams need to know.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria Healthcare Cybersecurity: ASSI and Decree 26-07 Shield Hospitals
Algeria's ASSI and Decree 26-07 mandate dedicated cybersecurity units in hospitals as healthcare supply chain attacks surge 38% across Africa.
Cybersecurity & Risk
ASSI Takes the Lead: Algeria’s Cybersecurity Agency Coordinates Incident Response
How Algeria's ASSI coordinates national incident response under the 2025-2029 cybersecurity strategy, with mandatory security units across all public institutions.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Sonelgaz SCADA Overhaul: Why OT Cybersecurity Must Lead Algeria’s Grid Modernization
Sonelgaz is overhauling SCADA systems while GE Vernova equips 134 substations. With energy cyber disruptions up 146%, OT security cannot be an afterthought.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day: How UAT-8616 Hid for Three Years
CVE-2026-20127, a CVSS 10.0 flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, let UAT-8616 lurk undetected since 2023. Five Eyes and CISA issued emergency response guidance.
Cybersecurity & Risk
OT/ICS/SCADA Security in Algeria: Protecting the Industrial Backbone of a Hydrocarbon Economy
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s hydrocarbon economy runs on SCADA and industrial control systems operated by Sonatrach ($45B export revenue) and...
Cybersecurity & Risk
When Ransomware Kills: Healthcare’s Patient Safety Crisis
Hospital ransomware attacks now threaten patient lives. Cardiac arrest survival dropped from 40% to 4.5% at hospitals near an attacked facility. The crisis is here.
Cybersecurity & Risk
OT/ICS Security: Hacking Power Grids and Water Systems in 2026
The Infrastructure Nobody Thinks About Until It Fails On a February morning in 2021, operators at the water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, observed the remote cursor on a control screen moving on its own — adjusting the concentration of sodium hydroxide (lye) in the
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s National Cybersecurity Strategy 2025-2029: A Deep-Dive Analysis
Introduction On December 30, 2025, President Tebboune signed Presidential Decree No. 25-321, formally approving Algeria's National Cybersecurity Strategy for 2025–2029.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Salt Typhoon: The New Era of State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare
Introduction In late 2024, American officials made a stunning disclosure: Chinese government-linked hackers had infiltrated at least nine major US telecommunications companies — including Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Lumen, Spectrum, and others — and had maintained persistent
