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The advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy

IBM Big Data Hub

New developments in renewable energy are making headlines and inspiring hope in communities worldwide, from a remote Arctic village working to harness solar and wind power under challenging conditions to a U.S. Air Force base planning an advanced, utility-scale geothermal power system. Let’s take a look at both.

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A potential solution for protecting customer privacy when sharing smart meter data

CGI

This is because smart meters are widely regarded as a key to reducing both energy consumption and emission levels. Imagine a situation where a third party gets hold of your metering data and, using data mining algorithms, and can detect your presence or absence and other household activities. in the utilities sector. .

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Do You Have the Right Stuff to Transition to Information Governance?

ARMA International

That’s no coincidence because the tenets of records management are encompassed within IG (along with legal, privacy, risk/compliance, security, technology, etc.). When you come right down to it, what we’re trying to do is: Find information when you need it, Leverage it and protect it, and Secure and assure it …. …

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Capgemini and IBM Ecosystem strengthen partnership for Drone-as-a-Service

IBM Big Data Hub

Today, utilities and many other industries use drones extensively to conduct surveys, map assets and monitor business operations. For example, for switchyard inspection, a drone would carry thermal imaging cameras, while for an overhead asset survey and inspection, appropriate LiDAR sensors would be used to capture data.

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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. But we all know how security by obscurity works in the end.

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Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Forescout’s Platform not only enables robust NAC capabilities, but also offers options for enhanced security, including eXtended Detection and Response (XDR). Most importantly, Forescout’s agnostic Platform works with both a wide variety of networking vendors, device vendors, and security tools. USMC ATO (Authority to Operate) U.S.

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