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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a permanent fixture for consumers and enterprises as the world becomes more and more interconnected. By 2027, the global number of connected IoT devices is projected to exceed 29 billion, a significant increase from the 16.7 billion devices reported in 2023.

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How IEC 62443 and Other Regulatory Requirements Help Enable IoT Security

Smart Data Collective

The use of IoT devices and operational technology (OT) generates new attack surfaces that can expose an organization’s critical infrastructure to hackers and other threat actors. Just like most other things that gain widespread use, regulation has started creeping into IoT products. IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020.

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P&G enlists IoT, predictive analytics to perfect Pampers diapers

CIO Business Intelligence

The project, which earned Proctor & Gamble a 2023 CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership, has had a profoundly material impact on the manufacturing floor. The data streaming measurement was configured using an industrial control database dubbed Influx Historian.

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Regulation remains the strongest multiplier to cybersecurity growth

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2023, the United Arab Emirates actively repelled more than 50.000 cyberattacks daily, explained the UAE Cybersecurity Council. The Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities have also been increasing. According to Statista, the number of IoT devices exceeded 15 billion in 2023.

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IT leaders explore footing amid shifting needs and the AI power struggle

CIO Business Intelligence

While 2023 brought on many changes to IT departments around the world, by far the biggest surprise was generative AI. A range of priorities But AI wasn’t the only thing on the minds of CIOs in 2023. Most organizations, including Telenor Sweden, continued to move assets to the cloud in 2023. “We

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Zero Trust Security for NIS2 compliance: What you need to know

CIO Business Intelligence

i] NIS2 was adopted in early 2023 as a response to increasing digitalization and rising cybersecurity threats stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War. March 2023. NIS2 regulations expand on previous directives, most notably by broadening the scope of organizations subject to its cybersecurity requirements.

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How data teams move from offense to defense in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Executive management has to be more involved; it has to define the objectives, decide how we’re going to measure them, and then judge whether we’re getting where we need to be going or not,” he said. The idea here is that you shouldn’t just pick your smartest guys and say, ‘Okay you go figure out this new thing.’