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Credit to Author: Nadia Cheraitia| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:28:21 +0000

For semiconductors, technological change is a constant. Today, the semiconductor industry is faced with the three major megatrends – Internet of Things (IoT), self-driving cars and the continued push for… Read more »

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ScadaICS Schneider

January 11, 2018 admin

5 Ways to Reduce Data Center Operations Costs

Credit to Author: Anthony DeSpirito| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:06:24 +0000

There’s no getting around the fact that owning and operating a data center is expensive. But following a few simple, sound best practices can help you reduce your ongoing operations… Read more »

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ScadaICS Schneider

January 11, 2018 admin

IoT for Power Distribution: taking reliability and efficiency to new

Credit to Author: Estelle Barré| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:00:55 +0000

Dire predictions about energy and the environment continue to make news, including the report from the U.S. energy forecasting agency. The agency projects that, despite gains in energy efficiency, global… Read more »

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Security Wired

January 11, 2018 admin

Russian ‘Fancy Bears’ Hackers Target International Olympic Committee in Latest Email Dump

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 23:30:53 +0000

A state-linked hacking group is once again trying to discredit antidoping investigators.

ComputerWorld Independent

January 11, 2018 admin

Microsoft reinstates Meltdown/Spectre patches for some AMD processors — but which ones?

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:38:00 -0800

As we rappel down the Patch Tuesday rabbit hole this month, Microsoft just announced that it’s going to start pushing its January Windows security patches onto AMD processors again. But it neglects to mention which ones. Per a late-night change to KB 4073707:

Microsoft has resumed updating the majority of AMD devices with the Windows operating system security update to help protect against the chipset vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.
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MalwareBytes Security

January 11, 2018 admin

Meltdown and Spectre fallout: patching problems persist

Credit to Author: Jérôme Boursier| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:00:00 +0000

In the days since Meltdown and Spectre have been made public, we’ve tracked which elements of the design flaw, known as speculative execution, are vulnerable and how different vendors are handling the patching process.

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Tags: Google Project Zero Intel Meltdown processor Spectre vulnerabilities

Security TrendMicro

January 11, 2018 admin

Securing the Three Families of IoT

Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:01:44 +0000

Securing the Internet of Things is difficult. One reason is the Internet of things consists of three different groups of technology. Each group has radically different architectural constraints. Securing each group requires a distinct approach. IoT 0.9 The primitive group contains all legacy Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that use some form…

Fortinet Security

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Do You Want an SD-WAN with Basic Security or Robust Secure SD-WAN

Credit to Author: Nirav Shah| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:45:59 +0000

As network leaders assess their SD-WAN options, however, what is often missing from their deliberations is how to adequately address security risks. SD-WAN vendors are increasingly embedding security features into their offerings, but these tend to be basic, Layer 3 network controls and not the robust security functions that these environments require.