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SMART Modular Technologies announced its T5PFLC FIPS 140-2 SSDs which provide certified authentication, sophisticated encryption, and are available in capacities from 120GB - 2TB. FIPS 140-2 is a National Institute of Standards and Technology standard that outlines a set of security criteria to enable the safe handling of sensitive information, and is a requirement for all U.S. Federal government applications as well as most other high-security applications. SMART's FIPS 140-2 designation signifies that these SSDs contain cryptographic components that have been validated to NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Standard which provides assurance that electronic information is highly protected and meets the stringent classification standards required by the government.
They've found a means of using a voice-activated smart speaker system without it having to listen to everything you say - and no, it's not "Pressing a button." "There are a lot of situations where we want our home automation system or our smart speaker to understand what's going on in our home, but we don't necessarily want it listening to our conversations," said the aptly named Alanson Sample, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan.
Cisco's Smart Install protocol is still being abused in attacks - five years after the networking giant issued its first warning - and there are still roughly 18,000 internet-exposed devices that could be targeted by hackers. Cisco describes Smart Install as a plug-and-play configuration and image-management feature that provides zero-touch deployment for new switches.
"To achieve a true smart city and improve the quality of life for citizens, it should be a citywide effort. This entails sharing data for collaboration and coordination between previously disconnected people and organizations, including both public and private entities," says Jack Williams, Director of Industry & Portfolio Marketing at the Safety & Infrastructure division of Hexagon, a multinational supplier of smart cities software, sensors, and other technology. Data governance, data ownership, and privacy concerns are the key challenges for any smart city project.
SMBs shouldn't have to settle for less when it comes to their security. Your ultimate security goal should be reducing the chances of a threat impacting your business.
TP-Link introduced the Kasa Spot, 24/7 Recording and the Kasa Spot Pan Tilt, 24/7 Recording security cameras, offering crystal clear 2K HD video with secure local storage for continuous recording. TP-Link also introduced the Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Mini Plug and Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Outdoor Plug, a pair of refreshed smart plug solutions for whole-home automation with remote and voice control of any appliance.
Nutanix announced the Nutanix cloud platform now extends to AWS GovCloud, providing a unified cloud platform across Nutanix on-premises and bare metal Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances running on Amazon Web Services GovCloud region. This new solution helps enable U.S. public sector organizations looking for the strengthened security posture offered by AWS GovCloud to adopt the same software stack across their private and public clouds, providing the flexibility to choose the right cloud for each application.
DigiCert announced the DigiCert Smart Seal, a new dynamic site seal that gives website visitors confidence that their information is secure on the web. The DigiCert Smart Seal is the first seal to visually display the site owner's brand via a verified brand logo.
Panorays, a provider of third-party security risk management, announced new research about the most common third-party cyber gaps and released a new automated, dynamic vendor security questionnaire functionality that helps resolve cyber gap issues in supply chains. To help resolve supply chain cyber gaps, Panorays now offers new automated, easy-to-use Smart Questionnaires that are typically completed in as little as nine days rather than the industry average of nine weeks, allowing organizations to significantly reduce time spent on the vendor evaluation process.
ADTRAN announced its Internet of Things Gateway based on LoRaWAN technology. This micro-sized, Bluetooth-enabled gateway will enable LoRaWAN network operators, service providers, VARs and solution integrators to easily add support for growing enterprise IoT initiatives to their service portfolios and generate new revenue opportunities.