Protecting Smart Buildings from Cyber Attacks
IIoT World
November 01, 2019
It was an attack on a hospital like no other, reported the news in February 2016. The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had been hacked. Its services were crippled. As emergency patients were diverted to other area hospitals, hospital administrators received an ominous message. Pay a ransom to get your hospital systems back. The hospital ultimately paid $17,000 worth of bitcoins. The FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department have yet to find the culprit.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, IoT, Privacy
IoT security Institute - MEASC Partnership provides "real world" framework for ensuring Smart Cities are built securely by design
IoTSI
October 23, 2019
IoT Security Institute partner MEASC has achieved a remarkable outcome in establishing a MoU with the Egyptian government. Under the MoU Kuwait’s MEASC Safe Smart Cities will cooperate with Egyptian government agencies in the fields of digital transformation, safety and security of smart cities.
With regard to security this is where our partnership with MEASC comes into play. The IoT Security Institute will collaborate with stakeholders to provide cyber advisory services through various forms of engagement. This collaboration will include the utilization of the IoT Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure Framework.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, IoT, Smart Cities
Protecting smart cities and smart people
Network World
April 19, 2019
In the ramp-up to a smart cities utopia, many societal concerns are often left overlooked when in truth, trust and privacy need to define the future role of cybersecurity.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Emerging Technology, IoT
Protecting smart cities and smart people
Network World
April 18, 2019
In the ramp-up to a smart cities utopia, many societal concerns are often left overlooked when in truth, trust and privacy need to define the future role of cybersecurity.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, IoT, Risk Management
How Public Key Cryptography will continue to liberate a global society
Import from medium.com
July 02, 2018
SummaryPublic key cryptography is at the heart of the privacy provided by HTTPS and the security of BitCoin wallets. The continued application of public key cryptography to our internet communications will continue to liberate global society. Here’s a look at some current application areas where y
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Tags: Blockchain
The other side to the “Decentralised” coin!
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June 22, 2018
Decentralised Systems are attractive due to their absence of that central authority which controls and profits from a system. The bitcoin network is one such. As a currency, it has soared in value. The original bitcoin network spawned imitators, other cryptocurrencies. One such, ethereum, built on t
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Tags: Blockchain
Protecting Smart Buildings from Cyber Attacks
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June 22, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteIt was an attack on a hospital like no other, reported the news in February 2016. The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had been hacked. Its services were crippled. As emergency patients were diverted to other area hospital
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Tags: Cybersecurity, IoT
Hackers don’t give a toss about policy.
Import from medium.com
June 22, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteQuite an attention seeking title I would think. Apart from the obvious read further carrot I think there is a place for commentary on this subject. I am sure many of my industry colleagues will disagree, but have we been lured
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Tags: Cybersecurity
“Smart” Cities And Buildings: The Emergence Of The Cyber Safe Building
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June 22, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteLast week, The Urban Developer ran a feature on the Internet of Things (IoT): How IoT technologies are adding value to commercial buildings. Smart commercial buildings are currently the highest users of IoT technology; and in a
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Cyber BDM in the Age of Smart Cities
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June 22, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteWith the forecasts suggesting billions of devices and trillions of dollars in market revenue, you would not be surprised in thinking cyber security business development management is set for a “golden era”. With the expansi
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Smart Cities
HR — Its emerging role in protecting company assets and maintaining employee cyber attack…
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June 22, 2018
HR — Its emerging role in protecting company assets and maintaining employee cyber attack awareness.Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteThree-quarters of large organisations suffered a staff-related security breach during 2015, with half of the worst cases
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Tags: Cybersecurity
Protecting Smart Buildings from Cyber Attacks
Import from medium.com
June 19, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteIt was an attack on a hospital like no other, reported the news in February 2016. The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had been hacked. Its services were crippled. As emergency patients were diverted to other area hospital
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Tags: Cybersecurity, IoT
Hackers don’t give a toss about policy.
Import from medium.com
June 19, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteQuite an attention seeking title I would think. Apart from the obvious read further carrot I think there is a place for commentary on this subject. I am sure many of my industry colleagues will disagree, but have we been lured
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Tags: Cybersecurity
“Smart” Cities And Buildings: The Emergence Of The Cyber Safe Building
Import from medium.com
June 19, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteLast week, The Urban Developer ran a feature on the Internet of Things (IoT): How IoT technologies are adding value to commercial buildings. Smart commercial buildings are currently the highest users of IoT technology; and in a
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Tags: Cybersecurity
Cyber BDM in the Age of Smart Cities
Import from medium.com
June 19, 2018
Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteWith the forecasts suggesting billions of devices and trillions of dollars in market revenue, you would not be surprised in thinking cyber security business development management is set for a “golden era”. With the expansi
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Smart Cities
HR — Its emerging role in protecting company assets and maintaining employee cyber attack…
Import from medium.com
June 19, 2018
HR — Its emerging role in protecting company assets and maintaining employee cyber attack awareness.Written by Alan Mihalic CISSP ISSAP ISSMP CISM for IoT Security InstituteThree-quarters of large organisations suffered a staff-related security breach during 2015, with half of the worst cases
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Tags: Cybersecurity
The other side to the “Decentralised” coin!
Import from medium.com
June 14, 2018
Decentralised Systems are attractive due to their absence of that central authority which controls and profits from a system. The bitcoin network is one such. As a currency, it has soared in value. The original bitcoin network spawned imitators, other cryptocurrencies. One such, ethereum, built on t
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Tags: Blockchain
Protecting Smart Buildings from Cyber Attacks
Engineering.com
August 21, 2017
Over the past few decades, there have been a number of seismic shifts in technology.Mainframe computing, client/server and cloud computing are some examples that easily come to mind. The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) has seen a technological shift that could potentially change the way our society operates.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, IoT, Privacy
An interview with Alan Mihalic. IoT Security Institute Founder and President
Privacy Matters Show
August 24, 2020
Alan Mihalic - President IoT Security Institute interviewed by Nicole Stephensen host of the Privacy Matters Show.
Discussion topics include:
The formation of the IoT Security Institute
The SCCISP certification program. Its cyber industry origins, objectives, and career advancement opportunities for the next generation of cyber professionals
The IoTSi more women in Cyber security scholarships
The establishment of the IoTSI LATAM region. Think Globally - Act Locally
IoT - perhaps the last hope for regional communities
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Tags: Cybersecurity, IoT, Privacy
The Potential and Perils of the IoT in Healthcare
IBM Security Intelligence
November 21, 2019
The internet of things (IoT) is ever-expanding, and while this growth is bringing new capabilities and opportunities for business innovation, it also presents new challenges and security risks. And there is no greater risk than that of life or death, which is a core concern around the IoT in healthcare.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Healthtech, IoT
IoT, Cyber Security & Smart Cities
IoTSI
November 19, 2018
IoT, Cyber Security & Smart Cities
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The Internet of Things Security Institute Releases IoT Cyber Certification to address "Smart World" Cyber and Privacy Challenges
Smart Cities & Critical Infrastructure Framework
IoT Security Institute
Smart Cities and Infrastructure Forum