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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. Each participating organization is committed to developing cyber skills and programs to train the workforce across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing.

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MY TAKE: New tech standards, like ‘Matter’ and ‘BIMI,’ point the way to secure interoperability

The Last Watchdog

BIMI essentially is a carrot-on-a-stick mechanism designed to incentivize e-mail marketers to proactively engage in suppressing email spoofing. This is precisely what the consortium of software companies and device manufacturers, led Google, Amazon and Apple, set out to achieve when Matter was conceived four years ago. identification.”

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

Info Source

Chris de Beer Chris de Beer, Africa Regional Manager at Infosource These are worrying times for the South African print and digitalisation market. Furthermore, the influx of lower-priced Asian brands into the market is also fuelling growth. Power is not the only limiting factor in South Africa.

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To Make the Internet of Things Safe, Start with Manufacturing

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Typically, when they are manufactured, IoT devices receive their initial identity in the form of a “digital birth certificate.” Therefore, manufacturing is the first critical link in the chain to establish trust across the IoT. Digitally signing software and firmware to ensure integrity and protect from malware.

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News alert: Flexxon welcomes distinguished industry veteran Ravi Agarwal to its advisory board

The Last Watchdog

An industry veteran with over three decades of experience, Mr Agarwal will lend his extensive expertise to the Company’s strategic growth and innovation strategy across its markets of operation. In his capacity of Intel’s Director of Marketing, he conceived and launched the “intel in it” branding initiative in Japan.

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The IoT Cybersecurity Act of 2020: Implications for Devices

eSecurity Planet

government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. Cory Gardner (R-CO), released a joint statement applauding the bipartisan passage of the bill, saying in part: “Leveraging the purchasing power of the federal government, the bill will ultimately help move the wider market for IoT devices towards greater cybersecurity.”

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Volvo retailer leaks sensitive files

Security Affairs

The Brazilian retail arm of car manufacturing giant Volvo leaked sensitive files, putting its clientele in the vast South American country in peril. Other research by Cybernews has revealed that BMW , a German luxury vehicle manufacturer producing around 2.5 The issue causing the leak has been fixed.

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