Ben-Gurion Unversity and Fujitsu said the lack of supporting technology could be exploited by malicious entities for cyberattacks, terrorism and crime
The growing popularity of personal and commercial drone use in populated areas poses significant risks both for society and drones due to the lack...
Infineon Technologies has released a new ‘trusted platform module’ (TPM) to protect data in industrial PCs, servers, industrial controllers, and edge gateways. Its new OPTIGA TPM SLM 9670 controls access to key data within a digital factory functions, as well as their interface to...
US cybersecurity company Tenable has updates its Teneable.sc solution to include a single view of cyber risks across both information technology (IT) networks and operational technology (OT). It claims it is the first to achieve this “integrated” risk assessment of both IT and OT...
ETSI said the new standard establishes a security baseline for internet-connected consumer products
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released what it claims to be the first globally-acceptable security standard for consumer IoT devices.
The ETSI Technical Committee on Cybersecurity (TC CYBER) said that the...
Eight further organisations have joined the Charter of Trust for cybersecurity, an initiative launched by Siemens last year to raise security in the internet of things (IoT) market. Membership of the charter now stands at 17. Siemens said the group’s first task is to...
The Israeli company recently inked a deal to provide its IoT solution to a Tier 1 U.S. network operator
Network intelligence and security provider Allot is seeing business opportunities in the U.S. market for its IoT solution, Ran Fridman, executive VP of worldwide sales at...
The new release includes support for smart meters and industrial IoT as well as wearables and automotive
Oracle announced the general availability of Java Card 3.1, the latest version of its open application platform that is used to secure internet of things devices.
Oracle said that...
The study said that organizations believes blockchain technology would be ideal to solve security concerns in the IoT field
Nearly half of businesses -- 53% -- cannot detect if any of their internet of things devices suffers a breach, according to a recent study by...
The new IoT offering is part of a joint strategic agreement signed by the two companies last year
Bosch and Mojio have unveiled a jointly developed, internet of things-integrated emergency response solution for vehicles.
The new offering adds crash detection and emergency call (eCall) response to...
Connectivity is a key aspect of daily lives for many of us and this is increasingly true of our vehicles as well. This is emphasized by Counterpoint Research’s Internet of Things Tracker, which forecasts that more than 125 million passenger cars with embedded connectivity...
The Canadian firm has launched a security credential management system service to accelerate the development of smart city and transportation systems
Canadian company BlackBerry has announced the launch of a new service to help the private and public sectors accelerate the development of smart cities...
The two companies said they will work together to influence best practices for retailers to minimize risk of cybersecurity threats
U.S. provider internet of things provider Pepper IoT has inked a long-term deal with Swiss digital security firm Kudelski Group to protect IoT service providers...
In a flurry of activity, the makers of modules, chips and embedded systems have announced a number of product and service initiatives to extend, simplify and secure industrial IoT systems; u-blox, Analog Devices, Altair Semiconductor, and Eurotech appear.
IoT maker u-blox unveils multi-band NB-IoT module,...
The vast majority of enterprises are struggling with the business case for blockchain, even among those already working with the distributed ledger technology. They are also struggling with interoperability issues, and, despite its promise of immutability, confidence in its security levels.
These are the conclusions...
Huawei partnered with AI specialist YITU to develop Intelligent Campus
Scalable security for enterprise complexes is the primary goal of the "Intelligent Campus" solution announced this week at Huawei Connect in Shanghai. The new product was co-developed by the Chinese technology giant and YITU, a...
Massive IoT means massive cybersecurity implications
Support for a massive number of internet of things devices, as well as significantly increased device density, is one of the primary use cases for 5G. While there's considerable consumer interest in IoT devices—think smart watches, home security cameras...
AT&T and Ericsson are offering to test and validate IoT devices to help safeguard against cybersecurity threats.
The pair are offering the service through the CTIA’s new cybersecurity certification programme. Devices will be tested and certified by Ericsson, at its labs. AT&T is making the certification...
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 cybersecurity, with appropriate links. It is impossible to include every organization, but these are...
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 groups have technical capabilities equal to (or in some cases superior to) those of...
Alibaba’s CEO Jack Ma said China needs to control core technologies such as chip development
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced plans to set up a new semiconductor company to focus on the development of artificial intelligence chips and embedded processors to support the...
While most building owners don?t want to think about it, commercial buildings, newsrooms, concert venues, and other highly-populated areas are established targets for mass shootings, making security and surveillance the utmost priority in public places. The number of mass shootings incidents in the U.S....
AT&T is inviting companies in the manufacturing, retail, health, finance, and public sector industries into its Foundry innovation lab in Plano, Texas, for the first time to collaborate on new digital solutions.
A new area within the facility has been given over to “all aspects...
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 increase in number and sophistication. The main threats come from nation states and criminal...
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 are under constant attack; not with bombs from the air but with cyber warfare....
