Tracking the Evolving Cybersecurity Threatscape

How are cybercriminals targeting businesses right now? How can enterprises protect themselves from breaches and hacks? Is there life after a major breach or other debilitating cybersecurity incident? These are all questions businesses using connected devices and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies need to be asking themselves. A report from Accenture provides insight that can…

AI Is Changing Your Work

AI (artificial intelligence): The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has released a plan for prioritizing federal agency engagement in the development of standards for AI, and this is worth spending some time talking about. President Trump said, “Continued American leadership in artificial intelligence is of paramount importance to maintaining the economic and national…

Grid Modernization Projects and Trends

By next year, 2020, the global IoT (Internet of Things) in utilities market is expected to reach $11.73 billion, according to research from MarketsandMarkets, and Global Market Insights estimates the IoT utilities market will generate $15 billion by 2024. The post Grid Modernization Projects and Trends appeared first on Connected World. Source link Shiv EswarShiv…

Equifax Settlement Is a Cautionary Tale

In March 2017, the US-CERT (U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team) alerted businesses to a new critical security vulnerability found in Apache Struts, an open-source framework used to build Java web applications, and encouraged those using a vulnerable version of the software to immediately update to a new version for free. One business US-CERT alerted was…

The Making of the Global Datasphere

I really think the internet of everything or as we all call the IoT (Internet of Things), continues to surround us by smart devices and smart systems that are constantly sensing, monitoring, listening, and watching everything we do. The post The Making of the Global Datasphere appeared first on Connected World. Source link Shiv EswarShiv…

Reigning in S3 Security Amid Magecart Campaign

If you’re up on the latest in cybersecurity, you’ve heard of Magecart, a sort of cybercrime “group of groups” that digitally skims credit card data from compromised ecommerce sites. Widely publicized breaches from companies like British Airways, Newegg, and Ticketmaster are considered to be the work of Magecart, which remains at large, although security researchers…

The Growing Demand for Data Centers

What are data centers and how are they impacting the IoT (Internet of Things)? Data centers are like a backbone, supporting the internet and, by extension, the IoT. Typically, a data center serves a as a facility that stores IT infrastructure and all the systems required to keep this infrastructure up and running. Research from…