As CEO and co-founder of Portnox, Ofer is responsible for the day-to-day operations for setting the strategic direction at Portnox. Ofer has over 20 years experience in network security, from establishing the first IT security team in the Israeli Air Force to managing the security division at Xpert Integrated Systems to being Microsoft Regional Director […]
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MUZAFFER YÖNTEM is the founder of Infolitik Software and System Integration, a company based in Istanbul-Turkey. He has 20+ years experience in business applications and integrations, data warehouse, business analytics and real-time optimizations. Infolitik is a boutique system integration company providing end to end real-time integration and intelligence solutions and data warehouse automation. Previously, Yontem […]
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Anil Gupta is a scholar interested in exploring developments in the area of Internet of Things, BigData, Machine Learning, AI etc. He has about 23 years of experience in Connected Cars, Connected Devices, Embedded software, Automotive Infotainment, Telematics, GIS, Energy, and Telecom domain. Recently Anil wrote a book entitled Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things […]
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Nearly 70% of IoT and implicitly IIoT initiatives fail at the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage, according to a recent study by Cisco. Though the number looks high, it resembles the past records of other new initiatives such as cloud computing, agile initiatives or likewise. What are the main reasons for such high failure rate of […]
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“Someday AI will change the world. But it is important to realize that statistics ≠ knowledge, and that <<deep learning>> is much more superficial than people realize. We still have a long way to go”, said Gary Marcus, one of the top AI researcher, Founder and CEO of Geometric Intelligence for Onalytica. From my perspective, […]
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As part of the CEO Insights Series, IIoT World’s Managing Editor, Lucian Fogoros, interviews Indegy’s CEO, Barak Perelman, about the major challenges in protecting ICS from cyber attacks and the best defenses against cyber threats in Industrial Internet of Things era. Lucian Fogoros: What are the major challenges in protecting ICS from cyber attacks? Barak […]
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Science and technology are essential tools for innovation. In the next few years, the impact of Digital Transformation will accelerate. Internet of Things (IoT aka M2M, IIOT, IoE – though each has its specific focus) is considered the most important trend in digitization. From connected homes, cars, cities to entire industries such as healthcare, insurance, […]
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Implementing supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems for outside-the-fence applications is gaining popularity among industries where assets are sprawled across a large geographic area. SCADA systems, however, were initially developed and optimized for inside-the-fence applications. In such setups, machinery and infrastructure are typically co-located or within short reach of a field office or central […]
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IIoT applications bring many ICS security risks to critical industries like manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, chemical, transportation. As a part of CEO Insights, Dr. Ulrich Lang, Co-founder and CEO of ObjectSecurity, explains what are the most critical cybersecurity risks, how to address them, and also what are the challenges and opportunities in this market. […]
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Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres of global production systems. The current pace of technological development is exerting profound changes on the way people live and work. Production activities, defined as the full chain to “source-make-deliver-consume-reintegrate” products and services, will be altered and extended […]
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Kudzai is an experienced Technology Communicator and Electronic Engineer based in Germany. As a Developer Advocate at HiveMQ, his goals include creating compelling content to help developers and architects adopt MQTT and HiveMQ for their IIoT projects. In addition to his primary job functions, Kudzai runs a popular YouTube channel and Podcast where he teaches […]
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As the WannaCry ransomware (MS17-010) has spread globally in the last 24 hours and severely impacted the National Health System and locked hospital workers out of critical healthcare patient data, Brad Hegrat, IOActive’s Director of Advisory Services, explains the impact of WannaCry on industrial control systems (ICS). The impact of WannaCry on ICSA few weeks ago back […]
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