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Oldsmar’s Cyber Attack Raises the Alarm for the Water Industry

Cisco Security

How could remote access capabilities be installed without proper security policies and strong authentication being enforced? This, and other recommendations, are well described in the whitepaper Cisco recently published on cybersecurity for water utilities. Subscribe to the Cisco IoT Security Newsletter to get the latest.

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Protecting Medical Data Against a Cyber-Attack Pandemic

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Increasing the use of advanced IoT devices. The deployment of new devices—especially those categorized as IoT that use wireless networks and sensors to collect and exchange information—is a double-edged sword. Today, there is a need to protect the authenticity of individual vaccination records. Adopt a zero-trust policy.

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Six existential threats posed by the future of 5G (Part One)

CyberSecurity Insiders

To mitigate this threat, strong encryption of data – and accurate authentication of those given access to it, must be guaranteed by telecom operators, even in the most demanding, performance intensive environments. Securing millions of new IoT connections.

IoT 101
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Protecting Medical Data Against a Cyber-Attack Pandemic

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Increasing the use of advanced IoT devices. The deployment of new devices—especially those categorized as IoT that use wireless networks and sensors to collect and exchange information—is a double-edged sword. Today, there is a need to protect the authenticity of individual vaccination records. Adopt a zero-trust policy.

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How to ensure security and trust in connected cars

CyberSecurity Insiders

Whether it’s NB-IoT, LTE-M or 4G and 5G, cellular can provide the most reliable and stable connectivity in different environments. Like any other IoT device, connected cars need to have built-in security from the start, also known as security-by-design. This is a concept which is known as V2X or ‘Vehicle-to-Everything’. Why cellular?

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Three ways ISE 3.0 enables visibility-driven network segmentation to gain zero trust

Cisco Security

But then you realize you haven’t had a perimeter for some time as it has been pulled apart by cloud, mobility, and IoT. A core tenant of zero trust is continually authenticating the endpoint and authorizing access. You are confused and not sure how the attacker was able to get by your perimeter. With ISE 3.0, Guided workflows.

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Six existential threats posed by the future of 5G (Part Two)

CyberSecurity Insiders

In our previous blog on this topic, we looked into how a virtual network infrastructure, combined with the use of an unprecedented volume of data, and the introduction of the IoT on 5G networks, all posed a significant challenge to mobile operators in their desire to create secure 5G. Leveraging the possibility offered by private networks.

Mobile 101