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AT&T strikes cloud deals with AWS, IBM targeting enterprise clients

AT&T cloud business now includes support from Amazon Web Services and deeper integration with IBM targeting enterprise customers AT&T bolstered its cloud efforts, announcing deals with Amazon Web Services and IBM. The multiyear deal with AWS calls for the delivery of integrated solutions using each company’s...

Analyst Angle: Yahoo hack – what this means to the enterprise

Connected to the Yahoo hack, can users protect themselves from future attacks and will it affect the sale to Verizon/AOL? I think you’d have to have been living in a cave if you didn’t see any online news stories or live TV news broadcasts about...

IIC releases official framework for industrial IoT security

Securing the industrial IoT  The Industrial Internet Consortium, an organization formed to accelerate the industrial "internet of things," today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework, a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five IIoT characteristics: safety,...

IIC releases official framework for industrial IoT security

Securing the industrial IoT  The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), an organization formed to accelerate the industrial internet of things (IIoT), today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five...

Reader Forum: For CSPs IoT, NFV and SDN is era of growing opportunity and risks

As the telecommunications space evolves to serve new segments like IoT and use new technologies like NFV and SDN, security remains a critical challenge This is a time of great opportunity for communications service providers. Demand for all sorts of cloud-based services is on the...

Cisco and Zones protect beer with connected distribution center

Saving money and creating a connected beer center Del Papa is a beer distribution company founded more than a century ago, and the company today distributes 10 million cases of beer annually from 30 suppliers. More than 375 employees work at their headquarters in Texas City,...

Case Study: Lockheed Martin uses big data for F-35 maintenance

Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...

Case Study: Lockheed Martin uses big data for F-35 maintenance

Lockheed Martin turned to 3D technology and big data to streamline the diagnostics and maintenance processes for its F-35 and F-22 fighter planes, according to a case study provided by the Industrial Internet Consortium The F-35 Lightning II is a family of fifth-generation stealth aircraft developed...

Reality Check: Security industry must embrace modern PTT technologies

Can the use of IP-based PTT platforms allow for a more profitable, secure and efficient working environment in the security space? The global security industry is growing at a rapid pace. More professional and coordinated operations across disciplines and geographical borders among criminals is one...

Here is what companies are doing to secure the IIoT

IIoT security: critical importance, under-addressed The industrial internet of things presents a cybersecurity concern of a scale we have never before seen. Its premise alone – making every "thing" around us connected to a network – is enough to spur the imagination of entire environments...

Considerations and approaches to securing the IIoT

The dangers of an insecure IIoT system Wired detailed the frightening consequences of vulnerable computer-based systems in its 2008 article Industrial control systems killed once, and will again, experts warn. With the expansion of “smart devices” into the automobile and medical industries, those predictions are more...

Reader Forum: Cybersecurity concerns in the world of building automation

Does continued growth of the IoT open up cybersecurity concerns for building automation? Every day when we arrive at the office we take some things for granted – the lights will be on, the heat or air conditioning will be working and the building entry...

Rio Olympics: Cybersecurity a high priority

Security is one of the major concerns surrounding the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and not only physical security. Information and communications technology providers interviewed by RCR Wireless News for a special Olympics series (check all stories here) put cybersecurity at the top of their list...

Case study: Honeywell turns stadium into smart building

Preparing for the Olympics with a smart building Honeywell created what it called the "intelligent system" for the National Stadium in Beijing, China, turning the venue for the opening and closing events at the 2008 Summer Olympics into a "smart building." Designed by highly controversial artist...

Case study: Honeywell turns stadium into smart building

Preparing for the Olympics with a smart building Honeywell created what it called the "intelligent system" for the National Stadium in Beijing, China, turning the venue for the opening and closing events at the 2008 Summer Olympics into a "smart building." Designed by highly controversial artist...

Reader Forum: 3 tips to prepare for the Rio ‘data’ Olympics

Baidu provides 3 tips for operators looking to support a surge in data connected with the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil With spectators streaming the events worldwide, athletes posting pregame rituals on social media and fans taking selfies in the stands, smartphone activity...

Cisco agrees to acquire cloud security firm for $293M

In a move intended to bolster its end-to-end cloud security portfolio, Cisco this week agreed to acquire Massachusetts-based security startup CloudLock for $293 million. CloudLock uses an API-based approach to provide cloud access security broker tech geared toward enterprise-grade security and analytics related to cloud...

Report: 65% of enterprises using internet of things technology

Security is primary hold up to enterprise internet of things The majority of enterprises have already deployed internet of things solutions, according to a new report from 451 Research, which saw the greatest adoption coming from utilities and manufacturers. Taking stock of the source of enterprise...

Attachment deals, security, relationships all key to smart city adoption

The recent Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin, Texas, brought smart city stakeholders from the public and private sectors to discuss key drivers of intelligent urban living. Obviously the underlying connectivity and attendant services and applications are what citizens will see as creating more livable...

Reader Forum: 5 common mobile security vulnerabilities

Kony lays out the 5 most common mobile security vulnerabilities and ways mobile application developers can surmount those issues With the increasing adoption of mobile application development among both small and large organizations, security is a top concern – but are businesses focusing on the...

Energy vs. security – the IoT tradeoff

Enterprises harnessing the IoT will need to strike a careful balance between security and power consumption Amid all the buzz about the arrival of low power wide area connectivity and "internet of things" devices that can function for a decade on a single battery charge, there is...

Energy versus security–the IoT tradeoff

Enterprises harnessing the IoT will need to strike a careful balance between security and power consumption Amid all the buzz about the arrival of low power wide area (LPWA) connectivity and IoT devices that can function for a decade on a single battery charge, there...

Sports stadiums need to get much smarter

The IoT could make the spectator experience safer, less stressful and more rewarding As the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament kicks off in France this week, European governments and security forces are on high alert. As well as the usual risks associated with gatherings of...

ICSA Labs to roll out IoT security testing certification

ICSA Labs, which is an independent division of Verizon Communications, is about to embark on a new "Internet of Things" security testing certification program designed to ensure security features for IoT devices and sensors work as advertised. The IoT security testing and certification program is set to include...