In this opinion piece, Alastair MacLeod, CEO at Ground Control examines how utilities companies can mitigate cyber threats to ensure commercial operations are not compromised. Utilities represent part of the critical national infrastructure in the UK, and are prone to…
Axiomtek’s new DIN-rail cybersecurity gateway: iNA200
Axiomtek has announced the iNA200, a DIN-rail cybersecurity gateway for OT (operational technology) network security. The iNA200 (pictured below) is powered by the Intel Atom x6212RE or x6414RE processor (Elkhart Lake) and has one DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM for up to 32GB of…
Futureproofing industrial networks for digital transformation
Moxa, a leader in industrial communications and networking, has announced the launch of its next-generation networking portfolio. This new lineup is designed to help organisations improve operational efficiency and resilience through futureproofing their communications. Running efficient business operations is becoming…
Atlas VPN reports: blockchain hackers stole over $2.5 bn in 2022
According to Atlas VPN, blockchain hackers stole $2.5 billion in three quarters of 2022. In total, hackers got away with nearly $483 million in Q3 2022. Despite the above, blockchain hacks fell by 43% in the last quarter compared to…
IoT gateway for secure Edge to Cloud connectivity
Review Display Systems has introduced a Standard IoT Gateway System from leading manufacturer of advanced industrial and embedded computing platforms, AAEON. The SRG-TG01 Gateway features 11th generation Intel Core i7, i5, i3 and Celeron SoC processors and enables the connection…
NATO clears BlackBerry SecuSUITE for global NATO secure communications
BlackBerry Limited has announced that the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) has awarded security accreditation to BlackBerry’s SecuSUITE for Government for global use in official NATO secure communications. The NCI Agency supports communications and work between NATO’s member…
Gov UK offers £200,000 to test security of smart devices
The UK Government has announced that organisations can now apply for up to £200,000 of funding to support research into the cyber security of Internet-connected devices. The initiative has been introduced to attempt to ensure that these connected devices are…
Zeroing in on Cyber Security Awareness Month
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, made to encourage industry members to learn about cyber risks. Smarter Technologies discusses. Although no models are truly impenetrable, we’re zeroing in on zero trust architecture as the number one thing your organisation…
ETSI publishes white paper on Edge computing security
Members from the ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing group (ISG MEC) have just published a new white paper: ‘MEC security; Status of standards support and future evolutions‘. The white paper focuses on MEC (multi-access Edge computing) technologies and explores security-related use…
MCU selection guide: what to look for in a microcontroller?
Turn on the datasheet of a microcontroller, usually, you will find more than 300 pages in front of you. It is time-consuming and inefficient to read the pages one after one, hence knowing which specifications are important is very necessary…
