Tighter security will soon be mandatory for IoT devices that use the popular Z-Wave wireless protocol. Starting next April, the Z-Wave Alliance will require all products to include its S2 (Security 2) framework before they can be certified as Z-Wave compliant. S2 is designed to prevent hackers from breaking into IoT devices that are on […]
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Less than a month ago, hackers took control of an ocean of unsecured connected home devices, then essentially crashed the entire internet by using them to flood the web’s largest internet management company with bogus traffic. Now, the makers of smart gadgets that communicate using Z-Wave are ratcheting up their security standards to help reassure
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Security expert Bruce Schneier testified that the U.S. may soon need to create an entirely new regulatory agency to contend with the unique threat posed by the Internet of Things. Confronting the dangers posed by the Internet of Things – as demonstrated by the Oct. 21 Mirai DDoS attack – members of the House of Representatives’ Energy
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Two U.S. government agencies have released security guidance documents focusing heavily on IoT security following a series of massive DDoS attacks that leveraged IoT devices using default security settings. Both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released recommendations for how to approach security for the
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When it comes to the Internet of Things, the U.S. government should stick to maximizing the availability of spectrum and let industry deal with security, according to technology manufacturers. The Consumer Technology Association said this week in a white paper that relying on voluntary best practices to ensure the cybersecurity of billions of internet-connected devices would
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Artificial Intelligence 12 University Teams Advance in Amazon AI Contest By Sri Ravipati 11/16/16 Earlier this week, Amazon revealed the 12 teams that will participate in this year’s Alexa Prize contest. The inaugural higher ed competition, launched in September, challenges university and college students worldwide to develop a “socialbot” capable of holding conversations with humans
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Industrial Internet of Things Market is driven by advanced cloud technology, North America leads Industrial Internet of Things Market, IIoT Market is growing due to need for perfect accuracy in industries Transparency Market Research discusses the key factors that are currently – and are expected to over the future – influencing the global industrial internet
SAN FRANCISCO and WALLDORF, Germany, Nov. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and GE Digital (NYSE: GE) today announced their intention to explore collaboration in the area of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). The announcement is driven by the fundamental shared belief in the power of the Industrial IoT, and the ability
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) announced today that it will collaborate with GE to create model-based digital twin technology and disruptive commercial business models to deliver on the promise of the Industrial Internet of Things. This builds on an existing relationship between the two companies. ANSYS will demonstrate a variety of industry-specific
Modern business intelligence saw a quick and significant evolution in the last decade, as the technology advancement allowed even smaller companies to obtain access to large amounts of data that were previously available only to those with massive resources. Tool automation and in-memory technologies allow even non-specialized personnel to perform their own querying and analysis.
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