Cyber Security
Could Blockchain Software Be The Answer For Safe, Secure, Smart Cities?
June 3rd, 2016Cost Vs Benefit Vs Security: The Industrial Internet of Things
April 20th, 2016Audio: Securing the Internet of Things in Smart Buildings
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 3rd Free Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Tridium… “How can we Secure our Smart Buildings against Cyber Attack?” A Webinar Q&A with Hugh Boyes CEng FIET discussing how Building Owners and Operators can best […]
IBM Hackers Highlight Cyber Security Vulnerabilities in Smart Buildings
Ethical hackers from IBM’s X-Force tested a smart buildings automation system and encountered numerous serious security issues. The researchers identified several security holes that provide hackers with a backdoor into corporate networks through the office’s climate control systems. This recent discovery highlights the dangers of unsecure connected devices within the Internet of Things (IoT) and […]
Shouldn’t We All Have Smart Homes By Now?
So it’s 2016 and we all live in Smart Homes – perfectly energy efficient residences that have learned our behavioural patterns and cater for our every need – or at least we’re supposed to be by now aren’t we? Much more likely is that you, like the vast majority of us in the “smart world”, […]
Nest Thermostat Bug highlights the Vulnerability of Smart Homes
Last Decemeber, Nest, the smart homes firm owned by Google, was hit with a software glitch that has seen a number of devices turning themselves off and leaving owners in the cold. A botched software update caused the thermostat’s batteries to drain or repeatedly switch on and off which meant it failed to heat homes […]
PSIM Software Evolving into Situation Management and Command & Control Platforms
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. PSIM, or Physical Security Information Management, is a category of software, created by middleware developers, which is designed to integrate multiple unconnected security applications and devices and control them through one comprehensive user interface. These solutions aimed at large facilities have been deployed to […]
BOPS Enables Widespread use of Biometrics for Access Control
Passwords are old fashioned, impractical and insecure. Enter increasingly pervasive biometric technology and the promise to guarantee the identity of who is at the other end of a mobile device or reader, enabled by BOPS (Biometrics Open Protocol Standard). This has lead to biometrics industry leaders, such as Hector Hoyos, CEO of Hoyos Labs, predicting […]
Smart Buildings and Businesses Vulnerable to “Shadow IT”
The workplace is changing in our ever more connected world. Mobile devices, the cloud, bring your own device (BYOD) and the Internet of things (IoT) have introduced a whole new style of computing, and are forcing businesses big and small to rethink what security needs to look like in order to protect the growing numbers […]
Why the Internet of Things Changes Physical Security
This article, written by Per Bjorkdahl, Chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee explains why the security industry needs to take special care in ensuring that the introduction of IoT into the physical security industry meets the highest security standards. To do this and ensure that the most appropriate communication standard is adopted requires ONVIF to […]
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