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UK Reverses Course, Bans Huawei Gear From 5G Networks

Data Breach Today

Sanctions Against Chinese Firms a Factor in Decision The British government has officially reversed course and will now ban Huawei's telecom gear from its 5G networks. sanctions against the manufacturer, goes into effect at year's end. The ban on use of the Chinese firm's equipment, based in part on U.S.

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Ransomware Attacks Targeting Manufacturing are up 52% Over the Course of 12 Months

KnowBe4

While every sector is taking strides to improve their security stances against ransomware and other cyberattacks, the latest data shows that for Manufacturing the impacts are huge and the pain is real.

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News alert: MxD roundtable with White House officials highlights cybersecurity workforce needs

The Last Watchdog

21, 2023 — MxD, the Digital Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Institute, today hosted a roundtable discussion with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. Organizations gathered to discuss courses and programs to address the critical cybersecurity workforce needs in the United States. Chicago, Ill.,

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Five Steps to Rethink Manufacturing with Product Design Data Exchange Strategy

Rocket Software

Manufacturing is a complex, evolving industry, and disruptions in the past year and a half have complicated these operations even further. According to KPMG’s Global Manufacturing Outlook Report , the greatest threat to manufacturers’ growth over the next three years is the risk to the supply chain.

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Q&A: Here’s how the ‘Matter’ protocol will soon reduce vulnerabilities in smart home devices

The Last Watchdog

Related: The crucial role of ‘Digital Trust’ After numerous delays and course changes, the Matter protocol, is set to roll out this fall, in time for the 2022 holiday shopping season. It also represents digital trust [insert the way we are defining DT] between all compliant devices from different manufacturers.

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MY TAKE: How decentralizing IoT could help save the planet — by driving decarbonization

The Last Watchdog

This, of course, is the plot of endless dystopian books and movies that end with rogue machines in charge. What I found most commendable about this Neubiberg, Germany-based semiconductor manufacturer is that it is fully directing its innovations squarely at reversing the negative impacts of climate change.

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National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization

Security Affairs

Such environments should be hosted separately from the production environment’s domain and must refrain from hosting actual user data, and, of course, it should not be publicly accessible. Having a development environment accessible to the public shows poor development practices.

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