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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. An IoT device connected to a network is simply a potential bridge between the internet and a malicious entity. Internet Of Things. Data security. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33. Encryption.

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Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

If the movie lover entered their bank card details on the fake site, they risked paying more than the displayed amount for content that did not exist and sharing their card details with the scammers. Soccer fans chasing merchandise risked compromising their bank cards or just losing some money.

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How AI Could Write Our Laws

Schneier on Security

Big energy companies expect action whenever there is a move to end drilling leases for federal lands, in exchange for the tens of millions they contribute to congressional reelection campaigns. We should expect these techniques to get better and their utilization to grow, just as we’ve seen in so many other domains.

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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. For organizations that have implemented an Industry 4.0

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‘Unpacking’ technical attribution and challenges for ensuring stability in cyberspace

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Scholars also highlight the significant security risks that public (technical) attribution brings and thus argue that “ public attribution is not always better.” within network activity logs collected by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), etc.). the education, energy, or fintech sectors).