Tales of unsecure IoT cameras come along with regularity. But it s going to be tough to top the system-wide failure revealed this week at California-based Verkada, the fast-growing cloud surveillance camera company.
Verkada committed a relatively simple security failure, which arguably put many of its customers and members of the public at risk. As first reported by Bloomberg, a group of somewhere in the middle of white and black hat hackers gained access to more than 150,000 cameras deployed by large companies, schools, local government agencies and healthcare institutions (see: We just found it through going through . Shodan results as always.
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Cisco Systems, for example spent approximately US$6.35 billion on its 2020 R&D expenses. Though still robust, it s a slight decline from the $6.58 billion it allocated in 2019. Similarly, semiconductor market leader Intel s R&D expenses for the twelve months ended Sept. 30, 2020 also remained vigorous at $13.285 billion, though it s a reduction of 0.94 percent year-over-year. However, to put this in perspective, Intel s R&D expenses are more than the combined total of its two biggest competitors AMD and Nvidia.
Software giant Oracle s R&D expenses were up slightly in 2020, climbing to $6.07 billion from the $6.03 billion it expended during 2019.
High Tech s Biggest R&D Spenders in 2020
Well, you’ve certainly had a chance to see just how strong your supply chain is, as well as how well your organization can plan and execute shifts in volume and mix. More importantly, you have likely seen weaknesses in the multi-level understanding of the supply chain, including towards the customer.As
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“Researchers from the Vienna University of Economics and Business examined net neutrality policies in 32 of the 37 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED), finding a negative correlation between regulations and internet expansion.
“The study found that only two countries (Australia and New Zealand) had not implemented net neutrality regulations and both experienced better outcomes in internet development than the other 30….
“The researchers noted that uncertainty in political regimes – the various flip-flopping on policy based on whether the left or right is in power – harms private investment.”
Forescout Gets New CEO Yet Again, Bringing In Wael Mohamed
Forescout taps former Trend Micro President and COO Wael Mohamed to replace Greg Clark, who had just started as the IoT security vendor’s CEO in October 2020 after leading Symantec for many years. By Michael Novinson March 08, 2021, 10:27 AM EST
Forescout will have its third CEO in six months after tapping former Trend Micro President and COO Wael Mohamed to take over as its top leader.
The San Jose, Calif.-based IoT security vendor brought in Mohamed to replace Greg Clark, who had just started as Forescout’s CEO in October 2020 after leading Symantec for many years. Clark took over for Michael DeCesare, who ran Forescout for nearly six years but left after the company’s contentious $1.4 billion sale to private equity firm Advent International. Clark and DeCesare continue to lead Forescout’s board.