IoT Security (2)
IoT Risks Are Growing: Is Your Business Prepared?
In recent years, the default protocol for Internet traffic has changed to IPv6, which offers an unfathomably large pool of 128-bit addresses to assign to devices on Earth’s biggest network, the Internet. How big is it? Large enough, one engineer once calculated, to assign a unique address to every atom on the surface of the earth and still use
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Learning from the Colonial Pipeline Hack: 4 Ways to Mitigate the Risk of a Ransomware Attack
On May 7, Colonial Pipeline discovered they were hit with a ransomware attack. Three days later, the FBI confirmed that a ransomware group known as DarkSide was responsible for the attack, which caused the company to proactively shutdown 5,550 miles of pipe. This shutdown has inflicted panic on the east coast, causing a gasoline shortage in
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CNI Under Attack: What Can We Learn From the Florida Water Hack?
A shadowy remote hacker using technical cunning to poison a US city sounds like the stuff of a Hollywood thriller. But in reality, security experts have been warning about such an attack for years. So when the worst case scenario nearly played out in Oldsmar, Florida earlier this month, the cybersecurity community was perhaps less surprised than
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With Innovation Comes Risk: The Dark Side of IoT
Welcome to the new world of the Internet of Things (IoT), where the physical and digital worlds collide. It is reported that the world IoT population will outnumber the human population by as many as 80 billion connected devices, as early as 2025.
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IoT Data
The Internet of Things (IoT) means everyday objects, such as smart plugs, lightbulbs, locks, coffee machines, and motion sensors can connect to the internet and creating a copious amount of data. This data can be used in ways we could not have imagined even a few years ago. A forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates
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The IoT Stampede
Autumn is officially here, which means stores are ramping up their sales. The back-to-school sales happened not too long ago, and next thing you know it will be Black Friday and Cyber Monday. As Steve Prentice explained in the latest Cloud Security Tip, “Every year, the fall season sees billions of dollars being spent on home-based IoT devices.”
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2FA Is Not Invincible
Time and again, we hear about costly breaches impacting businesses all around the globe — many due to hackers merely gaining access to employee login information. Organizations need to take responsibility for sensitive data by ensuring that employees are using something stronger than just a basic password. Every business should be using two-factor
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