Cyber Security
Kaspersky Lab Highlights Potential Video Surveillance Vulnerabilities in Wireless
June 5th, 2015Smart City Interview with Stephen Hilton, Futures Director at Bristol City Council
May 22nd, 2015Smart Buildings Acceleration Act Tackles Federal Building Efficiency
US Senator Maria Cantwell has introduced legislation to make federal buildings smarter. The Smart Building Acceleration Act includes many Internet of Things (IoT) devices that will be used to create energy efficiency in buildings. The federal government is the largest building owner in the US with more than 400,000 properties. Sen. Cantwell believes that the […]
Is Cyber Security in Smart Buildings being taken Seriously Enough in the IoT Age?
In a Memoori Webinar in March, Laconicly’s Billy Rios spoke extensively on the topic of cyber security in the rapidly evolving smart building sector. Last week the cyber security firm released a white paper highlighting building automation systems (BAS) vulnerability to cyber attacks. On January 14th, 2015, Laconicly discovered a total of 64,003 IP addresses […]
Audio: Cyber Security in Smart Buildings – The Elephant in the Room!
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 3rd Free Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… Cyber Security in Smart Buildings – The Elephant in the Room! – Q&A with Billy Rios, Cyber Security Expert & Founder of Laconicly In this Webinar, Billy discusses in […]
Bristol’s Smart City Project – Where Data is the Next Utility
The city of Bristol, in the UK, has launched a £75m initiative to create a futuristic Smart City urban experiment. Major elements of the project are already underway, turning the city into a high-tech test-bed for innovation. Including a 30 Gigabit per second fibre broadband network powering the research project. Bristol City Council is working […]
The Very Real Cyber Security Threat in Smart Buildings
Next week, in Memoori’s Interactive Webinar, we will be joined by Billy Rios, one of the two men responsible for hacking into the Building Automation System at Google’s Australian headquarters back in 2013. The planned cyber assault was designed to test the internet giant’s resolve against malicious hacking; it also raises concerns over cyber security […]
3 Forces that will Determine the Future of the Security Business
During the last 3 years the competitive landscape of the physical security market has undergone significant change as prices have fallen and margins tightened. This is the result of the growing maturity of IP Networking products where innovation has become more incremental and product differentiation has been difficult to achieve. At the same time changes […]
Is Microsoft Poised to Disrupt Physical Access Control?
The effect of technologies such as the Cloud and the trend of integrating physical Access Control with Identity Management, have been well documented. What is less clear, is how the business will evolve and which companies will gain or lose market share. Our figures show the physical security product business in 2012 was worth about […]