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Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs. To secure data exchanged between IoT devices and the software required for operating these devices – bootstrap, firmware, apps – we need to establish a chain of trust. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33.

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Preparing for IT/OT convergence: Best practices

CyberSecurity Insiders

Beyond traditional IT operations that utilize servers, routers, PCs and switches, these organizations also rely on OT, such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control systems (DCSs) and human machine interfaces (HMIs) to run their physical plants and factories. whether done through the network or locally. Conclusion.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2024

SecureList

APT targeting turns toward satellite technologies, producers and operators The only known case of an attack utilizing satellite technologies that happened in recent years was the KA-SAT network hack of 2022. The next WannaCry Fortunately for us, a new cyber epidemic did not happen. Verdict: prediction not fulfilled ❌ 4.

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