Adversaries are constantly evolving. Success breeds copy-cats. And security is multifaceted. These are some of the key lessons Jeremy Cowan takes away from talking to Ted Harrington, executive partner, Independent Security Evaluators. (more…)
July 19, 2017
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Airboxlab announced that its connected indoor air quality monitor, Foobot, is now available in the UK. Foobot is the brainchild of CEO, Jacques Touillon, who wanted to help his eldest child in his fight against asthma and after looking without success for a device to fight this invisible enemy (more…)
July 13, 2017
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On May 22nd 2017, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) issued a position paper raising this very issue of IoT security. Together with major actors of the semiconductor industry (Infineon, NXP, STMicroelectonics), the agency warned of a “market failure” in IoT security so far: it’s important to act now. (more…)
July 10, 2017
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Vodafone is working with Smart Meter LLC., a mobile health (mHealth) services provider for diabetes management, to bring reliable and efficient accessibility to its customers around the world. (more…)
July 7, 2017
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More and more of our population is migrating to cities. By 2050, almost 70% of us will live in cities, attracted by the prospects for employment, the cultural diversity and the extensive facilities. By 2030, forecasters predict that there will be 41 mega cities with over 10 million inhabitants. (more…)
July 4, 2017
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When the first mobile SIM was revealed 1991, it was the size of a credit card. Obviously phones were bigger then. Much bigger. (more…)
June 23, 2017
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GlobalPlatform, a standard for the protection and secure management of digital services and devices, has conservatively estimated that 41% of all Secure Elements (SE) deployed globally between 2010 and 2016 were based on its specifications. That is a total of 22.018 billion. (more…)
June 22, 2017
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Laird PLC, a provider of hardware, testing, and design solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has joined the London-based IoT M2M Council, the largest and fastest-growing trade group representing the global IoT sector. (more…)
June 16, 2017
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The expectation around the Internet of Things is truly amazing. The interconnectedness of the devices and services will, eventually, change the way we live and work. With estimates by IDC that we will generate 40 zettabytes of data by 2020, the question is whether there will be IoT devices there to service this data. (more…)
June 13, 2017
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The Internet of Things (or as it’s also known, IoT) isn’t new: tech companies have been discussing the idea for decades, and the first internet-connected toaster was unveiled at a conference in 1989. (more…)
June 9, 2017
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