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IoT and Cybersecurity: What’s the Future?

Security Affairs

IoT gizmos make our lives easier, but we forget that these doohickeys are IP endpoints that act as mini-radios. They continuously send and receive data via the internet and can be the easiest way for a hacker to access your home network. Department of Homeland Security described IoT security as a matter of homeland security.

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Data-Centric Security and Big Data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It’s called the “Zero-Trust Model” and nothing supports it like data-centric security since the methods used can render data useless if it is ever stolen or removed from the enterprise. The Big Data Conundrum. Effective data-centric security solutions are the only reasonable path to realizing a Zero-Trust Model.

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MY TAKE: How ‘credential stuffing’ and ‘account takeovers’ are leveraging Big Data, automation

The Last Watchdog

Related: Cyber risks spinning out of IoT Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according to multiple reports. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.).

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Leopard Spots and Zebra Stripes: Big Data and Identity Management

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this age of big data, the concept is fitting, because this kind of information is increasingly being used to identify individuals and even machines. In the following, I focus on the analytics component, how it is increasingly used across enterprises, and why it is important to protect big data. Big Data Analytics.

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for acknowledging — and bridging — the security gap between IT vs OT

The Last Watchdog

However, the widespread adoption of big data analytics and the recent rise of industrial IoT devices are two examples of technology trends that require greater communication between these networks – and within organizations, their respective departments. In 2016, Mirai compromised as many as 2.5 A New Wave of Attacks.

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Emerging security challenges for Europe’s emerging technologies

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The vast majority (84%) of enterprises are now using, or planning to use, digitally transformative technologies – such as big data, containers, blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT). The picture looks rather different, when we look at evolving threats in the context of big data. Blockchain.

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Machine Identities are Essential for Securing Smart Manufacturing

Security Boulevard

The following are six advantages of IoT in the manufacturing industry. Integrating IoTs into monitoring both equipment settings and the outcomes of each production step helps manufacturers detect quality problems at the source. . Transitioning to a smart factory requires paying close attention to industrial IoT security.