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

CIO

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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AIOps for successful IoT projects

CIO

It’s interesting how the number of projected IoT devices being connected in 2023 can differ by 26 billion from article to article. Today’s management and infrastructure are designed to populate a data lake with valuable information that helps accurately determine the type of endpoint clients that are on your network.

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3 business benefits of stronger security using Zero Trust principles

CIO

continues to roll out, the internet of things (IoT) is expanding, and manufacturing organizations are using the latest technologies to scale. This connectivity maximizes efficiency, keeps critical infrastructure running, and gives the business new information and insights. As Industry 4.0 The first is the ability to get to ROI faster.

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Securing Critical Infrastructure with Zero Trust

CIO

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Critical infrastructure forms the fabric of our society, providing power for our homes and businesses, fuel for our vehicles, and medical services that preserve human health. Examples are all around us. Simply put, failure is not an option.

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Leading infrastructure to accelerate electric power intelligence

CIO

Different policies can be defined at each transformer district for flexible district autonomy. By building the enterprise-level unified data foundation, unified AI model factory, and unified IoT platform, State Grid Shaanxi can accumulate valuable know-how assets. Second, optical fiber and wireless networks were deployed for backhaul.

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Intel embraces SDN to modernize its chip factories

CIO

We’ve had to swap the [networking infrastructure] that exists, which is classic Ethernet, and put in SDN. That ability to upgrade the networking infrastructure without downtime applies to downloading security patches and integrating tools into the production environment alike, Colby adds. “Picture a tool being the size of a house.

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4 Best Practices for Zero Trust for IoT

Palo Alto Networks

The Challenge Behind Implementing Zero Trust for IoT Devices. Now let’s talk about IoT devices in a similar yet somewhat divergent context. When it comes to unmanaged IoT devices tethered to an organization’s network, most enterprises find it difficult to adhere to standard Zero Trust principles. or Single-Sign-On. .

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