The Internet of Things includes both traditional electronics and everyday “things” embedded with sensors, computing, and networking capabilities. Coffee Makers Thermostats Refrigerators Cars Even Cows: wireless sensors tell farmers when cows get sick or pregnant, transmitting 200 MB per cow a year Even now the Internet of things is all around us: Connected homes: Smart thermostats Smart Appliances HVAC systems Security Smart Lighting Entertainment Systems Risks: Intrusion of privacy, risk to your physical home Wearables: Fitness bands Smart Watches Smart Glasses Action Cameras Risks: Financial Information, Location Industrial Internet: Real-time analytics Factory automation Robotics Supply Chain Efficiency Risks: Financial Information,…
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The changeable weather that the UK has experienced over the past few weeks is testament to just how unpredictable it can be The weather in the UK is becoming more unpredictable and IT managers and disaster recovery (DR) planners need to keep on their toes to avoid becoming the next unwitting victims of downtime, outages and worse. Over the past winter, a barrage of flash floods overtook more than 5,000 homes and businesses on the south-western coast.1 But summer offers no respite; last year, we witnessed flash floods to the south-east, with lightning damaging buildings, rising waters invading homes and…
App-Users Can Scan, Validate and Post Barcode Data, Timestamps, GPS, Photos and Form Data using iOS and Android Devices – No Scanning Accessories are Required Our clients don’t need barcode scanning accessories which can be expensive and inconvenient to deploy. Instead, they use just the cameras of their smartphones and tablets and our SD PRO engine. EINPresswire.com The developers of codeREADr, the enterprise-grade barcode scanning app and integrated web service, have today launched tools allowing captured data to be automatically inserted into QuickBase, a customizable, third-party database service hosted in the cloud. The codeREADr developers aim to improve data capture…
Major upgrade to leading IT auditing platform enhances control over security configuration management and data access governance across the entire IT infrastructure Netwrix today announced the release of Netwrix Auditor VEGA, a major upgrade to its leading change and configuration auditing platform that will change the way organisations find and access audit data for investigating security incidents and passing compliance audits. Netwrix Auditor provides complete visibility into both security configuration and data access across the entire IT infrastructure, providing actionable audit data about who did what, when and where and who has access to what. Netwrix Auditor [1] helps prevent…
ADISA, the organisation that sets security standards around the secure disposal of IT Assets, has released new research into the forensic analysis of smartphone factory reset functions. Written by Steve Mellings, Founder of ADISA, and Professor Andrew Blyth of the University of South Wales, the white paper explores how effective smartphone factory reset functions actually are at removing data. This data is then used to offer businesses and individual users advice on how best to protect their personal information when handsets are disposed of. Key points include: Sample analysis of second hand phones following a strict forensic methodology Results for…
More and more personal and business information worldwide is rapidly migrating into digital form on open and globally interconnected technology platforms. This trend poses serious risks to data security and privacy. Hardly a day goes by without news of a new cyber threat or a major data breach. Hackers, criminals and foreign governments have adapted their theft, fraud and sabotage activities to this increasingly interconnected world. The growing threat of cybercrime — and the opportunities it brings — is a new facet of responsible investing. US whistleblower Edward Snowden’s actions have put data privacy firmly on the agenda of businesses,…
Kevin Bocek, Vice President, Security Strategy & Threat Intelligence at Venafi commented on weaknesses in cryptography used as part of the Open Smart Grid Project (OSGP). “Weaknesses in cryptography used as part of The Open Smart Grid Project (OSGP) show how fragile the cyber realm is and how technologies we take for granted like encryption, cryptographic keys, and digital certificates can have a very dramatic impact when they fail. Encryption, cryptographic keys, and digital certificates were thought to have solved the Internet’s first real security problems: how do I know I can trust a website or device on the Internet and…
Secrets are pervasive in the high tech industry. For many years, members of this industry have been wary about sharing their intellectual property with others. They believed doing so would jeopardize their competitive differentiation and business opportunities. But in many cases remaining secretive is no longer the smartest way to do business. Clinging to a culture of secrecy stifles innovation. And it makes companies more vulnerable to other companies — such as competitors — that openly share information with each other. To gain competitive differentiation, serve customers more effectively, and drive higher revenues and profits, companies need to collaborate more…
Digital download websites are enjoying the benefits of mobile commerce – and many are ahead of the average online merchant when it comes to balancing the opportunities and risks that m-commerce brings. The third-annual Mobile Payments & Fraud: 2015 Report, commissioned by Kount, The Fraud Practice and CardNotPresent.com questioned nearly 1,500 fraud and payment professionals representing merchants, fraud and ecommerce service providers, card issuers and card associations. It found the number of merchants actively supporting mobile commerce continues to climb, with 68.7% of all merchant respondents now doing so and a further 20.5% planning to support it from this year.…
You may have seen news of Venom, the zero-day flaw which is being touted as as dangerous as the Heartbleed vulnerability which dominated security news in Spring 2014. There are warnings that the warning the new bug could allow a hacker to take over vast portions of a datacentre from within. Comment from Chris Eng, Vice President of Research at Veracode, the application security specialists. The news of the VENOM vulnerability is concerning in breadth – similar to what we saw with Heartbleed in terms of the number of products affected. However, the severity of this zero-day is not nearly as alarming…