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Enhancing Energy Management: Tackling the Security Challenges of Smart Metering

SecureWorld News

Smart meters are transforming the way we manage energy consumption. Central to the Smart Grid (SG) initiative, these devices facilitate two-way communication between utilities and household appliances, enabling real-time monitoring and control. Security risks Despite their benefits, smart meters introduce several security risks.

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MY TAKE: ‘IOWN’ makes the business case for fostering diversity, respecting individual privacy

The Last Watchdog

Related: Using ‘Big Data’ to improve health and well-being But there’s yet another towering technology mountain to climb: we must also overcome the limitations of Moore’s Law. IOWN is all about supporting increased bandwidth, capacity and energy efficiency. At NTT Research in Sunnyvale, Calif.,

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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

Krebs on Security

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. energy facilities. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. Dragonfly 2.0,

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GUEST ESSAY: Taking proactive steps to heal the planet — by reducing the impact of video streaming

The Last Watchdog

It is in this context that it is important to focus on the details of video technology. Encoders, for instance, consume significantly more energy than decoders – sometimes as much as 5 to 10 times as much energy, in comparison. In the past, there was an asynchronous relationship between these two categories of technology.

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Why smart meters will be essential to our sustainable future

CyberSecurity Insiders

As highlighted in the recent COP26 conference, human activity is causing unprecedented and potentially irreversible change to our environment, which is being driven by our production of harmful emissions and excessive energy consumption. But smart meters aren’t just saving energy in the homes of consumers. million units by 2026.

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Trends in connected homes in 2021 – Improved security and connectivity

CyberSecurity Insiders

For example, you have wireless control devices — and their corresponding apps — that allow you to control the entirety of your home through a wireless source. Doing so saves energy and improves efficiency, allowing you to remotely control kitchen devices, smart AC, smart speakers and displays, lights and other applications.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Service providers and 5G-enabled device manufacturers both have critical roles to play in the success and sustainability of this wireless network rollout. One benefit of 5G technology that enterprises are sure to take advantage of is creating private wireless networks in a process dubbed “network slicing.”

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