It was time to get a handle on BACnet traffic at Penn State. BACnet is a communications protocol for building automation and control (BAC) systems such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, access control and fire detection. Penn State standardized on BACnet because of its openness. [ For more on IoT see tips […]
Archives for March 2018
Qualys integrates with Google Cloud Platform’s Security Command Centre
News 23 Mar, 2018 Clare Hopping Qualys customers will be able to access information about threats Google has identified too
Workday adds conversational UI with Slack
News 22 Mar, 2018 Clare Hopping Slack users will soon be able to talk to HR, complete peer reviews and request annual leave on the platform
The programmable network and the rise of the network API
We’ve entered a whole new world where the network is programmable. …
Verizon Completes Successful Test of Cisco’s Hybrid Information-Centric Networking in its Network
In an industry first, Verizon and Cisco are collaborating on accelerating adoption of Hybrid Information-Centric Networking (ICN), an emerging and innovative approach to content-aware service offerings. By focusing network communication around “named data” rather than location identifiers such as IP addresses, Verizon and Cisco believe they can dramatically simplify next- …
Google ups Chrome Enterprise security credentials with new features
News 16 Mar, 2018 Jane McCallion Integrations with Citrix, IBM, Cisco and ManageEngine also bring new EMM capabilities
Cloudian acquires Infinity Storage to help customers reduce IT workloads
News 16 Mar, 2018 Clare Hopping Infinity Storage's software will be integrated into Cloudian's service portfolio
UK companies unprepared for cloud outages
News 16 Mar, 2018 Clare Hopping Firms are confused about the responsibilities of their cloud provider when they suffer an outage
13 flaws found in AMD processors, AMD given little warning
It’s probably a good thing AMD didn’t rub Intel’s nose in the Meltdown and Spectre flaws too much because boy, would it have a doosy of a payback coming to it. A security firm in Israel has found 13 critical vulnerabilities spread across four separate classes that affect AMD’s hot new Ryzen desktop and Epyc […]
What do ogres, onions and SD-WAN security have in common? Layers!
Remember this scene from the movie Shrek? The big ogre was explaining to Donkey that ogres are very complicated, and like onions, they have layers. Donkey, of course, didn’t like the analogy because not everyone likes onions and would have preferred cake as everyone likes cake, but he did seem to understand that ogres did indeed […]