9 questions you should ask before choosing a security vendor
There are many companies that provide security products and services for IT and OT environments. Needless to say, selecting the right vendor is key to the success of cybersecurity implementation…
Cybersecurity, the 2018 Major Industrial Challenge?
Industrial systems’ cybersecurity has become a real concern for many companies since the Industry 4.0 and hyper-connection of equipment grew out. Executives are often unprepared and unarmed to face this…
Best Cybersecurity Practices for the IT/OT Environment
In the world of IT/OT cybersecurity, there is no silver bullet. What you can do in your organization is to minimize the attack surfaces and threat vectors, and be vigilant…
Top 100 Global Industrial IoT Influencers in October
Discussion of the Industrial IoT (IIoT) or the Fourth Wave of the Internet is ubiquitous in the media, at industry conferences, and in manufacturing. According to a recent report released…
Four most hard to solve IIoT security issues
According to a forecast by Gartner, the number of IoT devices in use will reach 8.4 billion in 2017 and grow to a staggering 20.4 billion by 2020, and the…
[Whitepaper] Integrating Security Into the IoT Strategy in the New Converged Environment
Consumers want their work, home and mobile devices to communicate together to provide information that was previously not available from isolated systems. This desire is at the root of the…
A Historical Perspective on IT & OT Convergence
Hello IIoT World readers, and thanks for engaging with my column. Over the course of the next few months, I plan to write on a number of topics that are, individually,…
Can IIoT help address food and beverage manufacturing challenges?
The food & beverage industry is facing a number of key manufacturing operational challenges. Food & beverage manufacturing typically consists of complex processes, such as clean-in-place, traceability, capturing mislabeled products,…
How IIoT enables the factory of the future
Trillion-dollar projections on the expanding size of the market are urging companies to capitalize on the Industrial IoT (IIoT). For many, however, it remains unclear how factories should apply IIoT…
Smart Cities – From Vertical Farming to Vertiports
Cities are bursting at their seams and to manage the urban sprawl the strategy has been simple – Go vertical! Tall buildings, elevated transportation, vertical farming, and now vertiports! All indications…
Three main elements that make up a successful IoT ecosystem
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of today’s most widely discussed technology topics. From smart agriculture through to smart cities to smart factories, the expectation is that IoT will…
The great convergence – Economist’ Summit 2017
The Economist Events’ Innovation Summit 2017 in Chicago brought together more than 200 Fortune 500 CEOs and disruptive entrepreneurs to share their insights and strategies for successful digital transformation. In this…