A previous article in this series discussed government efforts for cybersecurity. This article will give a rundown on some of the major standards development organizations (SDOs) in the area of …
Countering cybercrime is a daunting challenge, not only because there are so many cybercriminals but also because they are so technically sophisticated. A 2014 ZDNet article stated that organized cybercrime …
There was a time that physical attacks by one country on another occurred only during open war. In the past few decades, however, cyber attacks on critical infrastructure continue to …
If you want to do real harm to a country attack its infrastructure — utilities, for example — and its economic base — its industry. In the United States both …
Deep learning is a machine learning method that uses multiple layers of nonlinear processing units in cascade. It can be supervised, for things like classification, or unsupervised, for pattern analysis …
Modern manufacturing generates a flood of data that hold the promise of significantly improving many areas, from supply chain management to sensor process variable readings and internal diagnostics to in-process …
Trying to keep intruders out of your network is like trying to keep vermin out of a house in a bad neighborhood. The rodents and insects never stop trying to …
There are two classes of artificial intelligence (AI): general (aka strong or full) and applied (aka narrow or weak). Applied is designed to handle specific tasks and is much more …
Will the internet of things (IoT) take over all aspects of our lives? Will every kitchen appliance, industrial temperature sensor, implanted medical device and police license plate reading camera be …
Telemetry, data acquisition, SCADA — What do they mean, and how do they become part of IoT? Let’s try to sort it out. What is telemetry? Telemetry — the gathering …
To understand visual fog computing, it is important to first understand fog computing. Let’s take a look at how the physical world connects to the cloud. Think of the physical …
Many of the sensors used in IoT are battery-powered and organized into mesh networks. Set to transmit anywhere from every few seconds to every few hours. They can run for …
You could, perhaps, be forgiven for characterizing the situation with IoT protocols as semi-chaotic, with competing systems jostling for market share. In a way, it’s reminiscent of the Fieldbus wars, …
Behind the benefits of connectivity and big data that the IoT promises there remains a question: Who will pay for it? And how? This article will take a look at the …
Perhaps the most succinct definition of the internet of things comes from an April 26, 2018 blog by Sharada Prahladrao of ARC: ”Everyone, everywhere is connected to everything.” With that …
What does an IoT platform do? An IoT system consists of the individual field devices — temperature sensors, door cameras, refrigerators or what have you; the cloud, where the data …
What shall we call it? Cognitive manufacturing? The Industrial Internet of Things? Factory Digitization? Industry 4.0? Emerson Automation Solutions calls it the Plantweb Digital Ecosystem, and Bob Karschnia, Emerson’s VP/GM …
Cognitive manufacturing — the combination of data collection, massive data storage and artificial intelligence — holds the promise of transforming industry. We talked to IBM, one of the pioneers in …
