Internet of Things (IoT) networks are expected to provide on demand sensing services to applications that enable autonomous driving, targets tracking, and smart cities. In particular, users and applications can request sensor devices to monitor a given area, collect data, and/or conduct computation on sensed data. In this respect, a/an controller/operator helps orchestrate the operations of sensor devices where they are instructed to execute tasks such as sensing, transmission, storage, and computation. To realize the full potential of IoT networks, the resources on sensor devices such as computation, energy, and bandwidth must be managed carefully. To date, researchers have considered applying network function virtualization (NFV) in IoT networks. Advantageously, NFV allows an operator to abstract and decouple physical resources into logical units, which are then shared by independent users. In NFV, the resources of devices are allocated to various applications in terms of virtual net
The third edition of Cyber Signals analyzes risks to critical infrastructure gathered from Microsoft's 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts The report includes new insights on these risks with practical recommendations for enterprises looking to defend against related cyberattacks SINGAPORE, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Microsoft has released its third edition of Cyber Signals, a regular cyberthreat intelligence brief spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft's 43trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts. This edition highlights new insights on the wider risks that converging IT, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and Operational Technology (OT) systems pose to critical infrastructure, and how enterprises can defend against these attacks. OT is a combination of hardware and software across programmable systems or devices that interact with the physical environment (or manage devices that interact with the physical environ