According to Statista, there will be 30 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices active by 2024. To tap into this trend, plant managers can choose between two main methods of connecting new devices to the IoT — wired or wireless. These are three questions to ask before choosing between wired and wireless technology. Wired automation […]
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November is National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month so I thought it would be a great opportunity to discuss some of the security challenges concerning critical infrastructure, specifically the weak access controls in sensitive operational technology (OT) environments. Strong authentication is an essential requirement for critical infrastructure When defending critical infrastructure, it’s necessary to […]
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With data being the “new oil,” now more than ever it needs securing. This is especially true when it is coming from the manufacturing floor and as part of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). A single successful cyber attack on the IIoT can cripple critical services, civic infrastructure, agriculture or energy and put people’s safety at risk. […]
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Morton Swimmer was born in New York City, USA, raised there and in Hamburg, Germany, then studied in England and Germany. It was at the University of Hamburg where he came to study computer security under Prof. Dr. Brunnstein and in 1988 he co-founded the Virus Test Center, the first academic research center for Malware. […]
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Industrial and critical infrastructure organizations that rely on industrial control systems (ICS) to run their businesses — such as firms in energy and utilities, oil & gas, pharmaceutical and chemical production, food & beverage, and other manufacturing sectors — have known their valuable assets are susceptible to cyberattack since Stuxnet was discovered and publicized in […]
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ALPHA 2018 has sold out. ALPHA is a program run by Web Summit organizers and aims to spotlight the early stage startups engineering the future, connecting them to the world’s most influential companies at Web Summit. In this article, I’ve listed a few startups that caught my attention as they develop solutions in one of […]
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TrendMicro published research at the end of October revealing how exposed human-machine interface (HMI) systems in thousands of critical water and energy organizations around the world could be exploited, causing significant real-world impacts, such as contaminating the water supply. A vast majority of the identified exposed systems are from smaller energy and water organizations that […]
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Marin Ivezic is a Partner at PwC. From his start in law enforcement more than 25 years ago, Marin came to focus on emerging threats of cyber-kinetic attacks – cyberattacks on Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that threaten people’s physical well-being, lives or the environment. Now, as a Partner in PwC, […]
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Eric Byres is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the field of industrial control system (ICS) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) cybersecurity. He is the inventor of the Tofino Security technology – the most widely deployed ICS-specific firewall in the world – licensed by industry giants Honeywell, Schneider Electric, and Caterpillar. Eric is also known for his leadership in international standards and research for industrial communications. Eric holds an extensive list of accomplishments, which includes founding the BCIT Critical Infrastructure Security Centre, providing guidance to government security agencies and major energy companies on protection for critical infrastructures, sitting as the chair of the ISA SP-99 Security Technologies Working Group, representing Canada for the IEC TC65/WG10 standards effort, and testifying to the US Congress on the Security of Industrial Control Systems in National Critical Infrastructures. He has received numerous awards from international organizations and was made an ISA Fellow in 2009. In 2013 he received ISA’s highest honor: Excellence in Leadership.
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Mike Quindazzi is managing director and business development leader for the Southwest region and U.S. digital services for PwC. He has 28 years invested in gathering industry experience and crafting his management consulting abilities, leading teams and global companies on innovation, strategy and transformational initiatives. He is a keynote speaker on the global mega trends […]
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Today, 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66% by 2050. [2] According to the 2010 US Census, that number is even higher in the US, with 81% of the country’s population living in urban areas. [3] The largest metropolitan statistical areas in the US […]
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This month two members of IIoT World have been invited by HPE to visit their IoT Innovation Lab in Houston and two separate sites where IIoT implementation is already a reality, leveraging the benefits of the intelligent edge. A couple of years ago, Texmark has undertaken a three-phase IIoT journey, combining HPE and Aruba solutions with […]
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