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A billion Wi-Fi devices suffer from a newly discovered security flaw – MIT Technology Review

March 3, 2020 | Author: admin

More than a billion internet-connected devicesincluding Apple's iPhone and Amazon's Echoare affected by a security vulnerability that could allow hackers to spy on traffic sent over Wi-Fi.

The flaw, discovered by the cybersecurity firm ESET, effectively disarms the encryption used by a password-protected Wi-Fi network. This could let hackers watch the activity on the network as if it were wide open. But while this could mean victims are vulnerable to eavesdropping, software updates and other layers of security will likely prevent this attack from having catastrophic results.

Wh00ps: The vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k by researchers, affects devices with Wi-Fi chips by Broadcom and Cypressused in a vast range of devices with wireless internet, including Apple, Google, and Samsung phones. But security updates have already been deployed to fix the issue, so the best advice is to make sure your computers, phones, and all internet-connected devices have the latest software and firmware.

Not good, not terrible: In a worst-case scenario, a significant amount of data would be exposed, including the websites you're visiting or messages you are sending. However, a lot of private communication on your Wi-Fi network should still be safe because of encryption used by websites themselves.So keep calm, salute the folks finding these problems, and carry on.

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New cybersecurity labelling scheme for connected devices to be launched this year – CNA

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SINGAPORE: A new cybersecurity labelling scheme to help consumers make informed purchasing choices about network-connected smart deviceswill be launched this year.

Introduced by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, the Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS) will address a "growing area of concern", which is Internet of Things - devices such as home routers and home hubs, said Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information Janil Puthucheary on Tuesday (Mar 3).

"We expect that usage of these devices will proliferate even more going forward. This poses a challenge - these devices typically have weak security and can be exploited by attackers," said Dr Puthucheary. "Users are often oblivious to these security risks and may not take adequate precautions to secure them."

The scheme will also raise consumer awareness on more secure products and encourage manufacturers to adopt additional cybersecurity safeguards, he added.

The CLS is a first for the Asia-Pacific region and will first be introduced to two product types - WiFi routers and smart home hubs.

This is part of efforts to "better secure Singapore's cyberspace and raise cyber hygiene levels", said the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI).

"The CLS will serve to differentiate smart devices with better cybersecurity provisions in the market, and aims to incentivise manufacturers and product vendors to develop products with recognised and improved security features," said MCI. "Currently, consumer smart devices are often designed to optimise functionality and cost.

"These products are also characterised by a short time-to-market cycle, where there is less scope for cybersecurity design to be incorporated at the beginning."

The cybersecurity labels will provide an indication of the security provisions in registered products. This will be based on a series of assessments and tests on the absence of common software vulnerabilities as well as products meeting basic requirements such as ensuring unique default passwords, among others, added MCI.

The scheme will also be aligned to "widely accepted global security standards" for consumer Internet of Things products, the ministry said.

The CLS is an initiative under the Safer Cyberspace Masterplan - a larger plan to empower a cyber-savvy population, safeguard activities in cyberspace and secure Singapore's digital core. More details on the master plan will be announced later this year.

Further details on the CLS will also be announced in due course, said MCI.

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Colorado leads the way in election security but ballot counting still carries risk – KRDO

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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) -- In our last general election, Colorado was one of 21 states targeted by suspected foreign hackers. Since then, our state has led the way in election security by investing more than $6 million to protect against cyber attacks.

A federal report published in 2019 shows that the Senate Select committee on Intelligence feared a "Russian effort to mechanically mess with election infrastructure," meaning someone could have tried to change your vote, or dismiss it altogether.

Since then, millions of dollars have been invested in Colorado to make it one of the safest states for voters.

"You cannot manipulate the outcome of elections in Colorado because we use a paper ballot," says Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

But there's a catch: those votes are counted by electronic machines. They're operated by Dominion Voting Systems, a software company based in Denver. All but two counties in Colorado and 25 other states rely on Dominion to make sure your vote is counted.

States like Texas says it wasn't good enough for them. During a mock installation, their secretary of state's office discovered gaps in the ballot marking portal, suggesting "a bad actor could add a USB device to the tablet while powered down that could remain undetected until after the election had ended."

Other equipment "took longer than expected for the scanner to scan and process each ballot" and had "the tendency for paper jams."

Griswold says that's not a problem in our state.

"The software that you install in that equipment actually comes to this office first, and our security team kicks the tires on it to make sure nothing has changed in the federal certification and us receiving it."

In secure rooms, voting judges meticulously go through every ballot, sometimes scanning them one at time. Crucially, no computer in the room is connected to the internet.

In 2017, the Center for American Progress ranked every state on their voting security. Colorado came in at the top with a "B" grade -- no state got an "A". Our score was only hindered by the fact that ballots from military members and others overseas are still counted electronically, accounting for some risk.

Griswold says they've thought of that as well.

"We are the only state in the nation that to return the ballot back to us, you do so through a an encrypted portal."

It's to ensure Colorado has done everything in its power to make sure your vote gets counted.

Another reason Colorado is ranked so high is because the state does audits on the counting machines before and after every election. They test a random batch of votes in every county to make sure they're correct.

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Drones must be constantly connected to the internet to give Feds real-time location data new US govt proposal – The Register

March 3, 2020 | Author: admin

Drone enthusiasts are up in arms over rules proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would require their flying gizmos to provide real-time location data to the government via an internet connection.

The requirement, for drones weighing 0.55lb (0.25kg) or more, would ground an estimated 80 per cent of gadgets in the United States, and many would never be able to fly again because they couldnt be retrofitted with the necessary equipment, say drone owners. Those that did buy new drones would need to buy a monthly data plan for their flying machines: something that would likely cost $35 or more a month, given extortionate US mobile rates.

There are also additional costs of running what would need to be new location databases of drones, which the FAA expects will be run by private companies but doesnt exist yet, which drones owners would have to pay for through subscriptions. The cost of all this is prohibitive, for little real benefit, they argue.

If a device loses internet connectivity while flying, and can't send its real-time info, it must land. It may be possible to pair a drone control unit with, say, a smartphone or a gateway with fixed-lined internet connectivity, so that the drone can relay its data to the Feds via these nodes. However, that's not much use if you're out in the middle of nowhere, or if you wander into a wireless not-spot.

Nearly 35,000 public comments have been received by the FAA, with the comment period closing later today. The vast majority of the comments are critical and most make the same broad point: that the rules are too strict, too costly and are unnecessary.

The worlds largest drone maker, DJI, is among those fighting the rule change, unsurprisingly enough. The manufacturer argues that while it agrees that every drone should have its own unique ID, the FAA proposal is complex, expensive and intrusive.

It would also undermine the industry own remote ID solution that doesnt require a real-time data connection but utilizes the same radio signals used to control drones to broadcast ID information. It also flags that the proposed solution has privacy implications: people would be able to track months of someones previous drone usage.

Everyone understands why cars need license plates: drivers have to be accountable, DJI argues. But what if instead of just a license plate, your car was also legally required to be connected via the internet to a privately run car-tracking service that charged you an annual fee of about 20 per cent of your cars value, and stored six months of your driving data for government scrutiny? Would you think the government had gone too far?

For its part, the FAA says it is following recommendations put to it by a special committee called the Remote ID Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). The ARC recommended the FAA adopt an industry standard for data transmission, which may need to be created, to ensure unmanned aircraft equipment and public safety receivers are interoperable, the FAA notes in its rules. It later states: The FAA agrees that requiring the broadcasting of messages directly from the unmanned aircraft and the transmission of messages over the internet is an appropriate approach because it provides a more complete picture of unmanned aircraft in the airspace of the United States.

It rejects the drone industrys standard where radio rather than cellular data is used to broadcast IDs because, it argues, public safety officials may not be able to equip with receivers for all possible direct broadcast technologies. Under the radio plan, officials would use a receiver to pick up the radio signals but would need to physically be in the area. Under its current plan, those government officials could sit in offices thousands of miles away (or in the field) and watch drone traffic through their browsers.

But, DJI and others argue, the FAA has actually ignored its own ARC team and similar teams across the globe by insisting that the cellular solution is the only one that can be allowed: all recommendations up to this point have argued that both radio or cellular approaches are acceptable.

ARC produced a final report that did not recommend mandatory internet-based services, says DJI. Rather, the consensus recommendation was for drones flying under existing FAA rules to perform Remote ID via a radio broadcast, with network solutions an optional alternative. Moreover it notes: Aviation officials in Europe, who also weigh the aviation safety and terrorism risks of drones, agree with that assessment.

And it says that while it is not an easy task to balance all the interests involved in protecting innovation while addressing security and safety concerns, by pushing the cellular-network approach the FAA had disregarded without sufficient explanation the radio solution.

A similar length critique of the FAAs plan has been posted by drone enthusiast organization the Pilot Institute. It has been encouraging its members to write to the FAA pointing out concerns, and they have seemingly obliged.

The FAAs proposal for Remote ID will dramatically change how and where people can fly their drones if its implemented, a blog post on the Pilot Institutes website reads. It will eliminate a large portion of the FPV market, potentially permanently ground older drones, prevent people from flying their drones in numerous places, destroy privacy, and increase the cost to own and operate drones. Right now, we have the opportunity to leave a comment to the FAA and hopefully get it changed.

It rejects numerous parts of the FAAs plan, noting as well that significant parts of the US do not have cellular coverage and so drones would be effectively banned from those areas.

And while many imagine the issue of drones to be people spying on neighbors, or disrupting airports by flying into flight paths, the Pilot Institute tells a different story: of drone owners being attacked and abused by members of the public while doing nothing wrong and, in one case, while looking for a missing dog. It also warns that under the FAA plan where the location of the pilot is also made public, it would give thieves a way to target drone pilots with expensive equipment and mug them.

It breaks down the cost of the proposed approach: $2.50 a month for the data connection; $35+ a month for a data plan; $75 a year registration fee - meaning that before even taking to the skies, a drone operator would have to pay at least $500 a year. Per drone. Most enthusiasts have several.

As to what is driving the FAAs approach, it appears to be focused intently on the biggest and most publicized problem of drones: flying into commercial airspace. The FAA rules make repeat and length mentions of the various global disruption to airline traffic that drones or rather supposed sightings of have caused in recent years, particularly at Gatwick in London. But also Dubai, Dublin, and Frankfurt.

In October 2018, the FAA gave itself permission to shoot down any drone it wants in response to the airport disruptions. It is also concerned that Americans love of guns and weapons will cause them to do idiotic things to drones, emailing drone owners last year to remind them that it is illegal to operate a drone with a dangerous weapon attached.

While those fears are real and understandable, the Pilot Institute points out that if someone does want to cause disruption, all they would have to do it disable the very functions that the FAA is insisting on to go unnoticed. Instead, the rules are punishing the most responsible drone flyers in an effort to target the least responsible.

And, as one drone hobbyist that we choose at random from the 34,000+ comments noted: Model aviation is the natural precursor to careers in aviation, including commercial pilots and engineers and more jobs which the US desperately needs to fill. Model aviation supports a $1 billion hobby industry responsible for thousands of existing US jobs. We simply cannot afford to further harm the model aviation hobby with overly burdensome requirements.

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Energy and War: a Global Game of Chess – Jakarta Globe

March 3, 2020 | Author: admin

As history has taught us, energy has been one of the main root causes of global conflicts. This tenet was again recentlyshowcased in the downfall of Iraq and Libya, and in the relentless Western haranguing ofIran andSyria.

Globally, Syria is a minor producer ofoil (making up roughly only 0.5 percent of the global oil output). However, the country is located strategically nearmajor oil and gas producers such as Iran, Iraq, Russia andJordan with its ownaccess to the Mediterranean andthe European Union markets.

This strategicenergy channel has created many opportunities for Syria in the past but also massive internal problems.

After the FirstWorld War, Syria cameunder the rule ofthe Ottomans due in part to this energy route. In the SecondWorld War, Syrian oil pipelines provided the majority of the fuel for the Allied Forces and became a major target of Hitler's attacks.

Later on, it fueledthe Israeli-Arab War and prompted the CIA to facilitate a coup d'etat as Washington at the time feared a Soviet-Arab blockwould have threatened Western multinational companies' presence in the areaand Saudi Arabia's oil export.

When the "civil war"in Syria startedin 2011, it was also due to none other than astruggle overthe natural gas market.

The current situation in Syriahas had profound implications for a number of countries involved in the prolonged conflict.

At the start, a clear line in the sand was drawn. On one side were Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and on the otherSyria, Russiaand Iran.

What catalyzed the conflict was the signing of agas pipeline deal between Iran and Syria that would deliver Iranian gas from the Pars field into the EU markets.

Had there been no war, gaswould have flownuninterruptedly from a Shi'ite country (Iran) to another Shi'ite-influenced country (Syria) via another Shi'ite dominated countryin Lebanon and into Europe.

But complicating the situation were the above countries'Sunni adversaries, which at the time consisted of Qatar, Saudi Arabiaand Turkey.

If there'sanything that could rival the impact of economics in geopolitics, it's the competition between the different sects of Islam.

But it must be stressed thatthe conflict in Syria was never about the actual religion and its beliefs. It'salways been a fight overterritorial and resource domination.

Israel then threw their hat into the fray whenthey discovered a giant gas field in the Tamar region in 2012, prompting themto try to secure their own gas export into the EU markets.

Predictably, they chose toside with theSunni countries in the Syrian Wardue to their longstanding bitter enmity against Iran, Syriaand Lebanon.

Interestingly, Qatar,a gas-rich country isolatedby the Gulf Cooperation Council a few years ago, has shifted its energy alliance to Iran from Turkey and Saudi Arabia since they need a channelto export gasdespite their isolation,proving the adagethat moneytrumpsover everything, includingreligious affiliations.

Russia, anotherkey player in the conflict and the world's current diplomatic darling thanks toa seemingly endless series of Putin masterstrokes, also has much to play for.

As the Americans covertly attempt to moveSyria into their camp, so are the Russians, as they would be crippled economically by losingthe opportunity to be the EU's largest exporter of gas if Syria does not emerge as the victor in the current conflict.

It would be a travesty to not see the Syrian Warfor what it really is: leaders scheming to secure financial and geopolitical brownie points for their countriesat the expense of civilian bloodshed.

As they say, "it's nothing personal, just strictly business!"

Last Stand: Idlib

After eight years of constant warfare,Syria has reached a critical point. President Bashar al-Assad's army has held steadfast while driving out most of the foreign forces.

The last stronghold of Assad's adversaries is Idlib and a battle here could become a true bloodbath in every sense of the word.

Turkey and Russia had signed a demilitarized zone agreement (The Sochi Accord) for Idlib in 2018. Asimilar pact was reached for four regions in Syria in 2017. Assad has since taken three of those regions back,forcinga retreat of 70,000 insurgents into one concentrated zone inIdlib.

Idlib's demilitarized zone accord has always been seen as a temporary one and now Assad and his armyare attempting afinal push toliberate it.

Due to the high number of insurgents in Idlib, aninsurgent migration into Turkey, if Assad succeeds, is all but certain.

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoan's next decision could be pivotal. Ankara has given Assad's army until the end of February to retreat and abide by the accord, however, the likelihood of that happening is, let's say,less than microscopic.

As the conflict rages on, the petrodollar remainsthe sole kingmaker to decide ultimatelywho willsit on the global energy market throne.

There are two types of gases in the oil and gas industry, sweet and sour. The only certainty inthis war, which could be nearing its end, is that there will be a side that will taste the rancid sourness of defeat, andanother side who will savor the sweetness of triumph.

Rizvi Shihab is an oil and gas professionaland a member of Majelis Hikmah Alawiyah (Mahya), a Jakarta-based Islamic organization with a focuson spreadingmessages of peace and harmony.

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Women’s Chess Grand Prix To Resume In Lausanne – Chess.com

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The third tournament in the FIDEWomen's Grand Prix2019-2020 will begin Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland. The top seed is GM Ju Wenjun, while GM Aleksandra Goryachkina and GM Alexandra Kosteniukwill have a chance to topple the Grand Prix leader, GM Humpy Koneru, who isn't playing in this leg.

The previous Women's World Championship cycle ended in January, with Ju narrowly defeating Goryachkina in a playoff to retain her title.Meanwhile, the new cycle is well underway with the Women's Grand Prix series. The overall winner and runner-up will qualify for the Women's Candidates Tournament, to be held in the first half of 2021.

The first two Women's Grand Prix tournaments were organized in the second half of 2019. Last September, in Skolkovo, Russia, Koneru scored her first major tournament victory since her return to the chessboard. (Since then she also won the 2019 World Rapid Championship and the 2020 Cairns Cupfind our lengthy article on that tournament here.)

The second Women's Grand Prix, held in December in Monaco, was won by Kosteniuk. After Lausanne, which starts this Monday, the final GP will be held May 20-June 10 in Sardinia, Italy.

Kosteniuk's compatriot Goryachkina is currently in second place in the overall standings thanks to a third-place finish in Skolkovo in addition to a second-place finish in Monaco. Another Russian player, Lagno, finished fourth in both events and is currently third, followed very closely by Kosteniuk:

Grand Prix Standings

Each individual Grand Prix consists of 12 players. The total group is comprised of 16 players, all of whom play three of the four events. For Goryachkina and Kosteniuk, the Lausanne leg is especially crucial, as it's their last tournament in the series.

In fact, a 17th Grand Prix participant was added last week: IM Zhansaya Abdumalik of Kazakhstan. The reason for this is related to the coronavirus and the increasing travel restrictions for the Chinese, which forced GM Zhao Xue to cancel her participation in Lausanne. (Ju's participation was not threatened because she left China several weeks ago.)

Besides Abdumalik, Ju, Goryachkina, and Kosteniuk, the participants in Lausanne are GM Pia Cramling, GM Nana Dzagnidze, GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Alina Kashlinskaya, GM Anna Muzychuk, GM Mariya Muzychuk, IM Elisabeth Paehtz, GM Marie Sebag, and GM Antoaneta Stefanova.

The prize fund in each Grand Prix is 80,000 euros, with 15,000 euros and 160 Grand Prix points awarded to the winner. The overall winner and runner-up, who qualify for the 2021 Women's Candidates Tournament, will be determined by thecumulative points earned over all three tournaments they played.

The venue of the Lausanne Grand Prix is the Hotel Movenpick. Alongside the main event, there will be two rapid tournaments, including one especially for girls under 18 years old.

Pairings round one:

Goryachkina - KashlinskayaKosteniuk - DzagnidzeAbdumalik - JuStefanova - SebagHarika - CramlingA. Muzychuk - M. Muzychuk

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The chess teachers gambit: How a typo led to a defamation lawsuit – Toronto Star

March 3, 2020 | Author: admin

VANCOUVEROne wrong move by a chess instructor a typo, as it turned out spawned a mess of mistaken identity, forensic phone analysis and allegations of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

The typo was hidden in the address book belonging to Toni Deline, former president of the British Columbia Chess Federation. Hed entered the phone number of a fellow chess player incorrectly a slip up that set the stage for a series of events that would result in Deline suing a Jewish school for defamation.

And despite having his lawsuit dismissed by the B.C. Supreme Court, Deline insists his match with his former employer isnt over yet.

It all began in the summer of 2016, when Deline told the Vancouver Talmud Torah, the Jewish school where he worked as a chess instructor, that he could not commit to another year of teaching. Then, on Sept. 21, 2016, he received a text message that shocked him.

Im terribly sorry Toni, but I can no longer vouch for the Jewish schooling as I recently converted to the faith of Islam, it read.

According to Delines phone, the text was from James Chan, the chess instructor the school had hired to replace him.

At this point, Deline already had a negative impression of Chan. He told the Star they had previously gotten into a disagreement about a teaching job at another school.

Deline mulled over his next move for a few months before deciding he had no choice but to warn the school.

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This fateful decision led to a series of events that would culminate with him suing the school, citing claims of defamation and negligence that have now been rejected by the B.C. Supreme Court.

In his written decision, released online on Feb. 25, 2020, Justice Geoffrey Gomery details what happened.

In January 2017, Deline went to the Vancouver Talmud Torah Association, which had hired Chan to replace Deline as a chess instructor at its school. He showed a staff member the text message.

The staff member called Chan to talk about the text message, and during the call, they noticed the discrepancy in the phone numbers. The text had not been sent by Chan after all and the school considered the matter handled.

But Deline continued to email the school for months with an offer to find another chess instructor to replace Chan. The school ignored him.

By spring, Deline was sending emails using terms such as anti-Jewish text and snake in the grass to refer to Chan, according to court documents.

Thats when the head of the school finally replied. We have investigated the concerns raised in your emails, and have determined that to the extent they relate to VTT, they are unfounded. In particular, we are satisfied that James did not send the text message described in your email.

From there, things escalated dramatically.

According to the judges decision, the school contacted Vancouver police about Deline in April, alleging Deline was mentally ill, paranoid and Islamophobic.

Deline believed that the school must have thought he had fabricated the text message why else wouldnt they believe him? and hired a forensic expert to analyze his phone.

Amazingly, the expert also failed to notice the one-digit difference in the phone number, according to Deline.

So at this point, Deline still didnt know that it was a case of mistaken identity.

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In September 2017, he mailed a letter to an acquaintance who taught at Vancouver Talmud Torah and said he was planning to sue the school.

The next month, the school went to police again, accusing Deline of harassing the teacher.

Speaking with the Star on Monday, Deline said he finally learned of his mistake in May 2018, when his lawyer sent the forensic phone report to the schools lawyer, who pointed out the discrepancy the phone number was off by one digit.

Deline said that to this day he doesnt know who sent the text.

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In 2019, Deline sued the school for defamation and negligence defamation because the school had allegedly described him as a paranoid Islamophobe and negligence because the school waited for months before telling him about the phone number discrepancy.

How can you not tell someone, said Deline, referring to the discrepancy with the phone number.

If they had told him, he said, Then none of it would have happened.

The Vancouver Talmud Torah Association did not return the Stars request for comment.

Gomery dismissed both of Delines claims.

VTT did not owe Mr. Deline a duty to respond to or correct unsolicited communications from him, wrote the judge.

Gomery explained that the school had done enough to cover its legal bases. He also quashed Delines argument that the situation is like one of a teacher and their student, where it is not enough to tell the child that theyre wrong, you have to make them understand.

Deline was not in a position of a child, wrote Gomery, but rather that of an independent adult.

Gomery then dismissed Delines allegation of defamation, explaining that Deline had failed to prove he suffered damages as a result of what the school told police.

Deline spent $4,864 hiring the forensic analyst and lawyer, according to court documents. But Gomery said neither expenditure had anything to do with what was said to (Vancouver police).

Deline, who once competed in international chess tournaments and captained Vancouvers chess team, told the Star that the ordeal has cost him his reputation in the chess community.

I havent gone to anything for a couple of years over this, he said, noting that if he did attend tournaments, all Im going to do is be ridiculed.

Reached last week, Chan said he hopes to put the matter behind him.

Im just happy that (the school) has less to worry about because I know it was stressful.

Deline said he is planning to appeal the courts decision.

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Global Crowd Funding Market: Which companies will have a strong foothold? – Feed Road

March 2, 2020 | Author: admin

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Eight Reasons to Reach for the Cloud – STN Media – School Transportation News

March 2, 2020 | Author: admin

A technology supervisor at Sabine Parish School District in Louisiana got an alert on his phone around 4:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning letting him know there had been a surge in bandwidth on the schools server. In addition to the odd day and time, it was also summer break. Something was wrong.

After a quick investigation, the staff discovered a ransomware attack on their servers. An anonymous hacker now held years worth of dataimportant documents, test schedules, and moreand was demanding money in exchange for its release.

A similar scenario played out in multiple Louisiana school districts this past summer, forcing Governor Edwards to declare a state of emergency. Louisianas emergency response was modeled after one Colorado took in 2018, and that ransomware cost the state $1.5 million to clean up. In 2019 alone, 500 schools across the country were the target of ransomware incidents.

If you search the internet, youll find all the typical advice for managing your data to help avoid such an attack: use strong passwords, make database backups, buy anti-virus software, avoid suspicious emails. However, one of the best ways to prevent a cyberattack on your schools server is remarkably simple: dont put your data there.

Cloud-based software has become the norm for every industry across the world, and its not by coincidence. The biggest reason is data security, but there are several other key advantages that explain why school bus transportation offices, in particular, have a lot to gain from Software as a Service (SaaS), and adapting to this new norm.

These are just some of the key benefits to having a software subscription instead of the outdated license model. Cyberattacks are a problem that, unfortunately, will not be going away, and by most accounts are only getting worse. SaaS can help you be better positioned to prepare for them or hopefully avoid them, and that starts with educating yourself on its value, including what exactly Software as a Service means.

Its not paying a vendor to handle your routing operation remotely. Thats a consulting serviceworth paying for when you need it, but different than SaaS. And it shouldnt just be a web-interface for your existing licensed program. That will give you mobile access, yes, but its a far cry from all the other advantages of SaaS explained above.

If any of this is important or interesting to you, you can learn more in our on-demand webinar, or you can contact Tyler Technologies and wed be happy to consult with you about your individual needs.

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Which IoT Applications will Benefit Most from Edge Computing? – IoT For All

March 2, 2020 | Author: admin

Edge computing refers to information being processed at the edge of the network, rather than being sent to a central cloud server. The benefits of edge computing include reduced latency, reduced costs, increased security and increased business efficiency.

Transferring data from the edge of a network takes time, particularly if the data is being collected in a remote location. While the transfer may usually take less than a second, glitches in the network or an unreliable connection may increase the time required. For some IoT applications, for example, self-driving cars, even a second may be too long.

Imagine a security camera thats monitoring an empty hallway. Theres no need to send hours of large video files of an empty hallway to a cloud server (where you will need to pay to store them). With edge computing, the video could be sent to the cloud only if there is movement detected in the hallway.

Sending less data through a network increases security. Any time you transmit data youre opening yourself up to the possibility of it being stolen or hijacked.

Processing data at the edge of the network can reduce the amount of data thats sent to a cloud server. By storing only the most relevant information on the cloud, it will be easier to locate the information your business needs and to perform analysis on this data.

For example, if a temperature sensor shows a reading of 5 degrees every second, then this information does not need to be sent to the cloud. It only becomes important to transmit this information if the temperature increases outside a preset range.

So, which IoT applications will benefit most from lower latency and costs and increased security and efficiency?

Healthcare, manufacturing and energy are all sectors that can benefit hugely from decreased latency and increased security.

Healthcare is a growing IoT sector. According to a report from research and consulting firm Grand View Research the global healthcare sector will invest nearly $410 billion in IoT devices, software and services in 2022, up from $58.9 billion in 2014.

For IoT devices that process such sensitive information, security and data privacy are paramount. By sending as little information as possible to a central cloud server, patients will retain greater control of their personal data and be less exposed to data breaches.

IoT healthcare devices also require as near to instantaneous as possible decision making. If a persons blood glucose or heart rate monitor registers dangerous readings then that information must be acted on immediately.

By utilizing edge computing, these IoT healthcare applications become less dependent on network connectivity. Patients can feel reassured that, if anything is awry, their IoT healthcare application will notify them as soon as possible, no matter where they are or how strong their internet connection is.

Low latency is crucial for industrial IoT, which is one of the reasons why this sector stands to benefit the most from edge computing.

In a factory setting, if a sensor logs a reading as being too hot, then a machine may need to be shut down immediately. By not sending that data for processing in a central cloud server, action can be taken more quickly.

We discussed why edge computing is vital for IIoT in more depth in a previous blog.

By their very nature, energy and environment IoT applications are often deployed in remote locations. Oil rigs, gas pipelines, wind turbines, hydroelectricity dams, they all stand to benefit from deploying connected solutions and all tend to be located in remote areas where network connections are not always reliable.

Many energy and environment IoT applications need to be able to respond quickly to changing conditions but aretoo remote to be able to benefit from 5G. Edge computing will be immensely useful for IoT applications in this sector. Edge computing will also increase efficiency and reduce cloud server storage costs by only transferring any relevant information.

An IoT application on a wind farm which is collecting data on wind speeds or energy generated could process that data at the edge and only transfer it to a central cloud server if it records data outside a pre-determined norm.

The healthcare, industrial IoT, energy and environment sectors will benefit from adopting edge computing networks. However, this technology will also be beneficial to the Internet of Things as a whole and we expect to see it being widely adopted in the coming years.

According to Gartner, Around 10 percent of enterprise-generated data is created and processed outside a traditional centralized data center or cloud. By 2025, Gartner predicts this figure will reach 75 percent.

More and more data processing will move to the edge, particularly within the world of IoT as IoT applications increase in number and collect more data.

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