Cyber security

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The New Face in CyberSecurity

The demand for CyberSecurity professionals began to overtake the supply of talent 4-5 years ago. The estimated world-wide shortage is one million skilled security professionals. The sophistication and growth in number cyber attacks have outpaced the industries’ ability to respond in a timely manner. With the Internet of Everything and cloud computing, CyberSecurity must be […]

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Unveiling Cisco Collaborative Operations and Secure Ops Solutions

Cyber security risk management and compliance for industrial control environments – especially in the Oil and Gas Industry, and the ability to connect experts for mission critical communications and collaboration are key areas that Cisco is addressing with two new services-lead solutions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0K3INSZqc We’re living in changing times. Cyber attacks are on the increase and […]

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Energy Networking Convergence Part 2: Cyber & Physical Security

This is the second of a four part series on the convergence of IT and OT (Operational Technologies) by Rick Geiger Physical Security has evolved from serial communication to modern systems that are largely, if not completely, IP networked systems.  The unique requirements of physical security have often lead to shadow IT departments within the physical […]

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Summary: Extended By Popular Demand: The Cisco IoT Security Grand Challenge

Since its announcement at the RSA 2014 conference, the security community has been actively involved in the Cisco IoT Security Grand Challenge. The response has been so great that we’ve decided to extend the deadline by two more weeks – so you now have until July 1st, 2014 to make your submission! Visit www.CiscoSecurityGrandChallenge.com for […]

June 16, 2014 1 min read
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IoT Holds Great Promise – But Ensuring its Security Takes Strong Leadership and Teamwork!

Many people take the term “Internet of Things” too literally, and assume that IoT is about the things, themselves. But they’re missing the whole point! It’s not the “things” that makes IoT special. After all, connected devices are neither new nor particularly interesting, particularly since the data each individual item produces is of little value. […]