Cyber Security
Property Managers Are The “Nucleus” Of Smart Buildings
December 19th, 2016A More Pragmatic Approach To Cyber Security For IoT, Memoori Speaks To IoTium
November 17th, 2016Internet of Things Devices at the Center of Biggest Cyber Attack In History
“In a relatively short time we’ve taken a system built to resist destruction by nuclear weapons and made it vulnerable to toasters,” tweeted Jeff Jarmoc, head of security for global business service Salesforce. Jamroc’s comments came after one of the largest cyber attacks in history brought down several of the internet’s biggest sites just over […]
Record-breaking Cyber Attacks Delivered from Video Surveillance Cameras
Last month, various media outlets started reporting on distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attacks. These involved a cabal of hacked video surveillance cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs), routers and other Internet of Things devices. These attacks are significant for a variety of reasons, not least their sheer size and scale. One of the most serious attacks […]
Access Control: Breaking the Price vs Safety Paradigm
A secure access control system comes with a premium price tag. That’s the commonly shared ‘fact’ in the access control industry. Arguments to strengthen this belief are of course, easy to envisage. Robust hardware using premium materials and lots of clever security features must be expensive. Continuously tested software, able to withstand ever-increasing cyber security […]
Audio: Physical Security, IoT & The Role of Open Standards
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 8th Free Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Tridium… Physical Security, IoT & The Role of Open Standards. This is a Q&A Webinar with Per Björkdahl, Chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee. In this Webinar, […]
Intel And Partners Set To Open Up The Mid-Market For Smart Buildings
What if turning a building into and smart building was easier; say as easy as setting up a wireless router? That’s what tech-giant Intel is proposing ahead of the release of their Building Management Platform (BMP) later this year. Over the last two years, Intel has been working with its partners to produce a low […]
Webinar: Physical Security, IoT & The Role of Open Standards
** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Wednesday 17th August for our 8th FREE Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Tridium… Physical Security, IoT & The Role of Open Standards The BIoT is rapidly changing the Building Management game as we know it. This […]
We Need Smart Data Not Just Big Data
The Big data concept is defined around four key characteristics: data volume, data velocity, data veracity and data value. While the volume and velocity characteristics are concerned with the data generation process as well as how to capture and store the data, the veracity and value characteristics primarily deal with the quality and the usefulness […]
Is Brexit All Bad News For UK Tech Sector?
Britain has not left Europe, despite some of the headlines that seem to suggest some sort of tectonic shift. Britain has voted to leave the European Union (EU) but will continue to be a major European economy, like other non-EU European nations such as Norway or Switzerland, whose voters rejected becoming part of the union. […]