Cyber Security

Belden, a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has published a special edition of Industrial Cyber Security for Dummies. The book, which was written by David Meltzer and Jeff Lund, is a Belden/Tripwire Special Edition. It can be downloaded free of charge in .pdf format – and is also available in a regular print edition.

Research from consumer security firm BullGuard has shown that, with an ever-increasing amount of connected devices in our everyday lives from fitness trackers, smart TVs and even children's toys, millions of people are seriously at risk of being hacked. 

It has been revealed that TÜV SÜD United Kingdom has achieved Certified Body status for the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials programme, which is designed to protect organisations from cyber security threats. Organisations certified by TÜV SÜD can promote that their IT systems comply with a Government-endorsed standard, demonstrating that they are protecting their own and their customers’ data by having a robust and...

The need to improve cyber security in industrial control systems is at the forefront of a report published by accreditation body CREST, claiming that a lack of standards-based technical security testing is putting industrial control environments and critical national infrastructure at risk.

  A facial recognition system in Seoul Sky, an observatory in Lotte World Tower, a 123-floor, 555m (1,823ft.) high skyscraper located in Seoul, South Korea, has been provided by NEC.

  Provider of Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), Kontron, has announced it has been selected by Safran Electronics & Defense to supply COBALT mission computers for the Patroller Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

When software developer Reckon surveyed UK small business owners, nearly two thirds (62%) admitted to not understanding upcoming data protection legislation, GDPR, and seven percent admited to knowing nothing at all about what will shortly become British law. Only six percent of those surveyed said that they understood GDPR very well. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new set of pan-European regulations design...

  It's that time of year again where almost everyone disappears for a week or two, also known as the summer holidays. Unfortunately, however, no holiday is risk-free, and Keeper Securiy have revealed the top ten riskiest holiday destinations for cyber security. Keeper Security is a password manager and digital vault for consumers.

Kontron has announced numerous new security services available on its VPX and VME boards and systems, as well as on its TRACe computer family. Addressing increasing security requirements for safety-critical applications, Kontron Secure Embedded Computing (SEC-Line) consists of four security modules, Kontron APPROTECT, Secure Boot, Trusted Boot and Authentication with TPM, implementing hardware enforced root of trust, as well as software only...

Fingerprint sensor provider, Midas Touch, has announced what it claims to be the world's smallest fingerprint identification padlock. The padlock does not require a password therefore it is keyless, just using your fingerprint can easily unlock. With regards to security, the fingerprint identification system provides a higher security level than the traditional machine key. Real key-less systems offer less than 1 second unlocking time and it supp...