People have been talking about the connected car for years, but the reality is far from the hype. McKinsey & Company estimate that the broader car data-enabled services market could become a $450-$750B market by 2030, representing a dramatic proliferation of new features and services which are relatively nascent today. To get there requires OEMs to think about the opportunity with a fresh perspective, starting with debunking four common vehicle connectivity myths that plague the market.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) is now one of the most popular and damaging cyberweapons available to hackers, causing approximately a third of IT downtime. So, what can be done? Here are a few simple steps that we can all do to safeguard ourselves from botnet attacks.
Demand for data scientists is higher than ever before and IBM predicts it will increase by 28 percent by 2020. Here Ramya Sriram, digital content manager of online platform for freelance scientists Kolabtree, discusses the rise of the citizen data scientist.
Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) is something which cannot be done with a one-size-fits-all approach – and every kind of connected object must be assessed individually, the Co-chair of Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Embedded Systems Work Group said.
Despite growing awareness of the need for security, developers too often find themselves taking shortcuts in security for connecting IoT devices to the cloud. In many cases, the conflicts between the complexity of suitable security mechanisms, the limited memory and processing resources available in tiny battery powered IoT devices, and the need to ship product, seem insurmountable.
The current state of affairs surrounding data security is definitely alarming, but it hasn’t always been this way. Cyber-related threats were rare and nearly unheard of just a few decades ago, let alone data-specific threats. In fact, most companies’ primary worry when it came to data was governance and regulatory compliance, not security. So what changed along the way and will the situation ease up in 2019?