Tag: Security

Where Eagles Dare

Automation is starting to impact more and more fields of expertise were humans were considered to be essential: driving cars, working in a factory, serving food and, lately, the art of killing one another. As the era of mass warfare came to an end, the population of western countries became increasingly unsupportive with the idea… Read more Where Eagles Dare

IOT: A TALE OF OPPORTUNITY AND RISK

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) IoT is still at the “Peak of Inflated Expectations”, and marching full speed ahead The “Security of Things”, however, will be an afterthought, again “The Venturesome Economy” If I had told you in the early 1990s that an emerging technology was going to be the next best thing since sliced… Read more IOT: A TALE OF OPPORTUNITY AND RISK

The growing synergy between our world and the IoT

What is the IoT? The “Internet of things” (IoT) is becoming an increasingly growing topic of conversation. It’s a concept that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we work. But what exactly is the “Internet of things” and what impact is it going to have on you, if… Read more The growing synergy between our world and the IoT

Alexa, Good Job in Tech, Not Ready to Dominate

  Early around March 2018, there was an interesting, perhaps also creepy news about Amazon’s Alexa: Alexa laughs at users randomly. [1] Although some people found this buggy behavior amusing, most people were freaking out hearing random laughter out of nowhere. Amazon later explained that Alex “mistakenly hear the phrase ‘Alexa, laugh,’” when other words… Read more Alexa, Good Job in Tech, Not Ready to Dominate

You can’t spell ‘Idiot’ without 'IOT': Why consumers are afraid of the Smart Home

There is a quote from the 1993 Spielberg classic ‘Jurassic Park’, spoken by the living meme that is Jeff Goldblum. When being briefed in on the internal operations of the park, the eccentric Dr. Ian Malcolm chimes in, lambasting the park owner, John Hammond, and his team. “[They] were so preoccupied with whether or not… Read more You can’t spell ‘Idiot’ without 'IOT': Why consumers are afraid of the Smart Home

IoT and Edge Computing Services

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most hyped topics in today’s technology coverage. But what really is IoT? The term IoT summarizes all connected “entities”. The Internet of Things is made up of the smallest machines up to the largest computers. All of them have in common that they use networking technology… Read more IoT and Edge Computing Services

IoT: putting the cart before the horse

Internet of Things (IoT) is about “things” with some form of data connection and remote-control layer on top, all together enabling their synchronization, application execution and orchestration, and basic status analytics. Well, this is quite inexact; in fact, the above definition would apply perfectly to certain industrial environments already back in the 90s. IoT is… Read more IoT: putting the cart before the horse

Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

“An unmanned systems future, really for almost every facet of our life, is inevitable.  It is not going away, so we need to deal with it head-on” says Brigadier General Frank Kelley, and I concur. Kelley, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy’s unmanned systems put forward his idea that the unmanned drones are on… Read more Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

The War on Cybercrime

Costs associated with cybercrime damages are predicted to rise to six trillion annually by 2021. Cybersecurity spending is estimated to exceed one trillion from 2017 to 2021. 3.5 million new cybersecurity jobs expected to be filled by 2021. Six billion internet users anticipated by 2022, all of which are potential targets for cybercrime [1]. Global… Read more The War on Cybercrime

Busted - How the Ashley Madison hack shows the importance of your online presence

Quick, close your eyes. Think of what you would do if you found out your significant other cheated on you. How would you feel? Wait, actually, open your eyes. This doesn’t work with written media too well. Alright, imagine that your partner was secretly living another life on the internet. Imagine if there was a… Read more Busted - How the Ashley Madison hack shows the importance of your online presence