Cue the music for the big reveal (Duhn Duhn Duhnnnnn)!!! As we approach the end of 2018, you will undoubtedly begin to see lots of articles and posts on the year in review, predictions for what the future brings, and more. So… I’ve decided to enter the fray and provide an update on the state of the […]
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MachineMetrics, which equips factories with the digital tools needed to increase productivity and win more business, announced this week it has raised $11.3 million in Series A financing. Tola Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Hyperplane Venture Capital, Long River Ventures, Mass Ventures, Hub Angels and Firebolt Ventures. With the new funds, the […]
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It was only a matter of time before what befell the Information Technology (IT) community was going to affect the Operational Technology (OT) community. Today, the OT C-suite is saddled with agenda items keeping them up at night. It is the constant and unrelenting security threat that at any moment can land the organization on […]
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Your data scientists are among your most valuable assets. But if you are not making full use of edge analytics then you could be wasting their time. If yours is like most companies, then when you embark on an industrial IoT project your expectation is that it will help improve efficiency and profitability. All that […]
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Right now, more than 500 million people globally are facing acute drought water shortages. Cape Town, South Africa, working around the clock to complete massive desalination plants, faces the imminent threat of its four million taps running dry. Nearby towns have water only on two “wash days” a week. Sixty percent of India’s aquifers will […]
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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. Security […]
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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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