BI Intelligence See Also Here Comes ‘The Internet Of Things,’ Which Will Connect Homes, Factories, And Cities To The Web Cisco has deployed a new cloud for smart cities Hong Kong will start testing smart city projects next year It all started on our PC’s. Now, single function items are becoming interfaces connected to the […]
DALLAS — MONI Smart Security (formerly Monitornics) is partnering with August Home, a provider of smart locks and other devices for the smart home, to expands its residential and commercial customer base. “With our smart solutions for total control over the front door, we’re helping MONI’s trusted dealer network deliver best-in-class products to their customers
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DAILY VIDEO: IBM opens global headquarters for security services; IoT devices evolving rapidly as favorite DDoS attack tool, experts say; Google, Facebook act to keep ads off of known ‘fake news’ sites; and there’s more. Today’s topics include the official opening of IBM’s new security services headquarters in Massachusetts, security experts’ warnings that the cyber
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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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Santa came early to Best Buy, which just released unexpectedly good sales and profits, as it continues to roll out its “Holiday Gifting Made Easy” campaign for stressed-out shoppers. For its fiscal third quarter, the Minneapolis-based retailer says revenue climbed to $8.95 billion, from $8.82 billion in the comparable period a year ago, with same-store
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:05 PM UTC TYSONS, Va., Nov. 17, 2016 — Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALRM), the leading platform solution for the connected home and business, today announced that members of the Alarm.com management team will participate at the upcoming Credit Suisse and Raymond James investor conferences. Event Details: Credit Suisse 20th Annual Technology,
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Recent cybercrime victims most likely to repeat risky behaviour Consumers are letting hackers sneak into their homes through connected devices NORTON by Symantec, on Nov 17 released findings from the annual Norton Cyber Security Insights Report, which sheds light on the truth about online crime and the personal effect it has on consumers.
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News Feed Item eero inc. Releases New Software Making Home WiFi System More Intelligent and More Resilient Introducing TrueMesh(TM), Alexa skills for eero, and new app features By Marketwired . Article Rating: November 17, 2016 10:05 AM EST SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/17/16 — Today, eero inc., creator of the first whole-home
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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