In defining policies and procedures around the implementation and management of security controls in an enterprise environment, the organization is advised to adopt a cybersecurity framework to overcome challenges. This is a series of documented processes…
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 market opportunity for IoT will reach…
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 Internet of Things (IoT). The rise…
Richard Ku has been involved in Cyber Security for over 28 years, serving as a threat researcher and engineer. He has managed and developed many security products and services across different customer segments and verticals. Richard is…
Industrial robots are vulnerable to the same cybersecurity weaknesses found across industrial control systems. A 2017 report titled "Rogue Robots: Testing the Limits of an Industrial Robot's Security," produced by researchers from Politecnico di Milano and…
IT and OT collaboration is necessary for industrial cybersecurity because IT security teams hold the security knowledge while OT teams hold the domain expertise to assess how security measures affect industrial control systems. Without C-Level involvement,…
This is Part 3 of a four-part series. Part 1 covered the workforce crisis and market forces. Part 2 examined AI, digital twins, and OT cybersecurity. This part addresses the human costs of remote industrial operations,…
This is Part 2 of a four-part series. Part 1 covered the workforce crisis and market forces driving industrial remote work. Part 3 covers human costs, regulatory compliance, and recommendations. Part 4 covers critical perspectives, the conclusion,…
Executive Summary Remote work in industrial IoT can be understood through a single analytical framework: The Three Convergences. Three forces that evolved independently over the past decade, workforce scarcity, AI maturity, and IIoT infrastructure, are now…
A technician walks up to a faulty measurement device, scans the QR code on its display, and gets a plain-language diagnosis with step-by-step repair instructions, all before picking up the phone. David Lincoln, Digital Lead of…
The Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) 2026, published by the Hoover Institution and Stanford School of Engineering, maps ten frontier technologies moving from research into real-world deployment. Five of them are hitting manufacturing operations directly: autonomous…
July 2026 features 17 industrial conferences across 7 countries, with physical AI emerging as a standalone conference category through MACHINA in Paris and AUTONOMOUS in San Francisco. The Farnborough International Airshow (July 20-24) returns with 1,400+…