Every headline-grabbing cyberattack unveils new sophisticated hacking techniques, but the attacker’s portrait remains the same: a modern-day professional with a strong sense of curiosity, patience, and social skills that thoroughly examines a company’s systems, takes note of every vulnerability, the
In the past decades, the telecommunications industry has seen massive changes. We’ve gone from first mobile phone to 4G LTE, and we’re now getting ready to enter a new era of intelligent connectivity, the era of 5G networks. What is 5G, exactly? 5G represents the next generation of broadband con
The mobile industry recently confirmed that it has achieved a huge milestone in the race to bring 5G networks to life by approving standalone 5G specifications. Considered the next big revolution in mobile connectivity, 5G wireless technology aims at providing better mobile broadband connectivity
DataCenterKnowledge reported at the beginning of 2017 that AT&T virtualized their customer-facing network in the proportion of over 30 percent. This is part of a three year program that aims to achieve network virtualization by 2018. Three thirds of the company’s network should reach this 2018 g
This summer’s Vodafone Internet of Things’ (IoT) Barometer Report shed some light over the way IoT adoption does influence revenue growth for businesses. Looking at the way 74 percent of the Americas’ businesses view IoT as being critical for remaining successful, it is no wonder that 86 percent of
The proposal of FCC chairman Tom Wheeler (dating January 2015) regarding the minimum broadband standard of 25Mbps further turned into an yearlong controversy where opposing parties disputed how much broadband is enough for usual customers. The industry claims that the previous definition of
In-depth cyber defense sees the process of stopping attacks as being only half of the protection activity. Going to the roots of the incident or of the event and thus preparing the system in order to fend off future similar situations is the subsidiary defense move that completes any cyber-shield.
Unless some brave new technology emerges and quickly catches up with the existing Radio Frequency (RF) sensor network, it looks like the Internet of Things will be RF-based. Various embedded sensors have already established their presence with the vendors, the providers and the manufacturers. The
