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LookingGlass Cyber Solutions: Threat Intelligence Review

eSecurity Planet

National Security Agency (NSA) in 2009, LookingGlass Cyber Solutions provides three threat intelligence analysis products: a threat intelligence platform ( scoutPrime ), a threat modeling tool ( scoutThreat ), and an attack surface monitoring solution ( scoutInspect ). Company Description Spun out from the U.S.

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Updates on Federal Cybersecurity Legislation

Hunton Privacy

This bill would amend the Federal Power Act to grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) authority to issue emergency orders requiring critical infrastructure facility operators to take actions necessary to protect the bulk power system. The American Clean Energy Leadership Act.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. Environmental effects caused by pollution.

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How AI Could Write Our Laws

Schneier on Security

Big energy companies expect action whenever there is a move to end drilling leases for federal lands, in exchange for the tens of millions they contribute to congressional reelection campaigns. We should expect these techniques to get better and their utilization to grow, just as we’ve seen in so many other domains.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

For advantages, private blockchains are more scalable and energy-efficient with suggested use cases of banking and supply chain management. Utilizing their open standard Blokcerts, companies can transparently manage identities and activity on a real-time secure blockchain. Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains.

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DB2 Dispatch from Vegas: IOD, Day One

Robert's Db2

Robert was joined on stage by IT executives from Visa International (Mike Dreyer) and CenterPoint Energy (Steve Pratt). It's expected that by 2020 that number will be around 35 zettabytes (a zettabyte is 1 sextillion bytes, or a billion terabytes). at one time might have generated multiple different answers). on an application basis).

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Predictions 2024: It’s All About The Data

John Battelle's Searchblog

That means all the negative energy, regulatory scrutiny, and consumer ick once reserved for Facebook and Google will turn its gaze westward to Cupertino. Advertising will no longer be a sideshow to its sexier device business; it will be a $10-15 billion juggernaut with 50-90-percent profit margins. Enterprise Data Moves Beyond Marketing.

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