Threats are now emerging beyond home and medical devices towards IoT control systems connected to national infrastructures. It is no exaggeration to say that IoT vulnerabilities are a threat to our national and personal security – dangers brought into sharp relief by the growing weaponisation of cybersecurity on the world stage Cybersecurity agenda Over the...

The article IoT & Cybersecurity: Where we are and what needs to change, by James Orme originally appeared on The Stack.

As global organisations increasingly adopt IoT solutions, Peter Van Den Houten at Kore discusses the major innovations set to transform connectivity and networking infrastructure It is perhaps an obvious statement to make, but the truth of the matter is that a lot of the fixed and wireless network infrastructure that serves IoT deployments today is somewhat legacy...

The article What 5G will bring to the IoT device, network and application, by Alice MacGregor originally appeared on The Stack.

Researchers from IT security firm Zimperium have discovered vulnerabilities within leading IoT operating system FreeRTOS that could allow attackers to crash IoT devices used in smart homes and life-critical applications. FreeRTOS is a leading open source OS in the IoT and embedded systems market. In November 2017, stewardship of the FreeRTOS kernel (and its components) was...

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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have published a new voluntary Code of Practice to boost the security of IoT devices. The measures form the world’s first national directive aimed at boosting the security of internet connected devices, such as home alarm systems, fridges, and toys....

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Just as network providers around the globe prepare for 5G network trials, Verizon has gone ahead and launched its commercial 5G network in the US. Verizon 5G is the world’s first commercial 5G network, heralding in a new era of superfast mobile connectivity. The network has launched in portions of Sacramento, as well as Houston, Indianapolis,...

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Satellite network provider Iridium has announced a collaboration with AWS on a ‘satellite cloud-based solution’ that will offer global coverage for AWS IoT applications. Iridium’s ‘CloudConnect’ will launch in 2019. With everyone getting fired up over 5G, it can be easy to forget that large parts of the globe lack the cellular infrastructure required to...

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The IoT landscape is seeing an explosion of connected devices. According to IDC, by 2025, more than a quarter of data created in the global datasphere will be real-time in nature and real-time IoT data will make up more than 95% of this. This fact just adds to the challenge and the urgency businesses already...

The article Exploring the implications of a growing IoT landscape, by Alice MacGregor originally appeared on The Stack.

French IoT and space company Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) has revealed its expansion plans with the creation of Kineis, a subsidiary program to boost its strategy to launch 20 nanosatellites. Through the use of the nanosatellites, CLS hopes to increase the use of IoT connected devices around the world, which it believes will ‘transform the...

The article CLS to launch IoT nanosatellites, by Verity Nelson originally appeared on The Stack.

Infineon, the Munich-based semiconductor and microelectronics company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alibaba Cloud Computing to promote Chinese IoT. The MoU focuses on increasing uses and speeding adoption of IoT for smart life and smart industry applications in China. Infineon will collaborate with Alibaba Cloud to expand and promote AliOS Things, the...

The article Infineon signs MoU with Alibaba to promote IoT, by Nicky Cappella originally appeared on The Stack.

Telit has announced that its deviceWISE IoT platform is now fully interoperable with the IBM Watson IoT platform. Together, Telit and IBM intend to use these products to promote global industrial IoT deployments. Using the deviceWISE IoT solution in combination with the IBM Watson IoT platform is intended to enable immediate on-boarding of IoT devices for...

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Dutch telecom firm Altice’s Portuguese division is partnering with Huawei in an attempt to make Portugal the European 5G leader. According to Altice Portugal’s CEO, Alexandre Fonseca, the work that the two companies have done together means that Portugal may be one of the first countries to implement 5G. Speaking after a demonstration of a...

The article Altice aims to make Portugal Europe’s 5G leader, by Sam Clark originally appeared on The Stack.

Azure has made its IoT Edge offering globally available and made it open source and available on GitHub, which Microsoft recently acquired. The IoT Edge product, from Microsoft’s cloud division, was first released around a year ago, and has seen success in a variety of industries, according to Azure. Now, the company has made it...

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