Security issues in industrial markets have been receiving much attention in the media. The vast majority of devices that power infrastructures offer aging technology in many cases and are not well prepared for the latest cyber security threats. Taking the energy grid as an example: one does not have to be a scientist to find the holes when approximately 70% of the infrastructure is more than 30 years old. Devices that were never designed for […]
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UT Dallas Computer Scientists Make Advances in Key Aspects of Growing Field. The decision three years ago by UT Dallas researchers to bolster their efforts in the field of cloud computing is paying dividends: Not only do they now have $5 million in cloud-related research, but their graduate students find they have their choice of internships and job offers. Indeed, two recent PhD graduates have been hired by leading corporate players in the field, Amazon.com […]
With security concerns still trotted out as a major inhibitor to the adoption of Cloud Computing, the European Union’s cyber security Agency ENISA has weighed in with a new report on Governmental Cloud Computing that might upset the anti-federalists. Addressing security concerns, the Agency unsurprisingly concludes that private and community Clouds appear to be the solutions that best fit the needs of public administrations if they need to achieve the highest level of data governance. […]