When considering network choices for IoT devices, a common choice is LTE. As 5G deployments cover more areas, technologies like Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) will become available for adoption.…
CBRS and Unlicensed LTE
Medical Device Hacking Worldwide: Part 2
Did you read my last post with the positive story of how people are community-hacking their medical devices to improve their quality of life? While writing my last post, I…
Waggle Dance Yourself to Automation
ZigBee, named for the waggle dance bees use to communicate, is one of the oldest, and most often used protocols, but how much do you know about it? ZigBee operates…
Use the Force: Making the Study-Habit Stick
So, you’ve decided to go after a certification. Good for you! You’ve made the commitment. You’ve pulled up the exam blueprint and made your plan. You’ve got your own personal…
Staying Employed—Backup Strategies in the Age of Ransomware
It’s 2020—it’s not a matter of when your organization is going to be subject to an IT attack, it’s a matter of how you deal with it. Despite all the…
Medical Device Hacking Worldwide Part 1
The process of getting approval for a new medicine is long and burdensome and for many patients. Most don’t have the luxury of time on their hands. They want a…
Securing Data-Centric vs. Action-Centric IoT
In 2008, the number of connected devices surpassed the number of humans on Earth, and now, in 2020, analysts predict the exponential growth of the Internet of Things will cross…
Is IPv6 Too Big for an IoT Tiny Home?
Read about wireless IoT protocols, and one feature will stick out above the rest. 6LoWPAN is a typical client addressing protocol. But what is it? The “6” gives us an…
Zombie Apocalypse in the Smart City—And How to Stay Alive
Researchers from different universities around the world have been studying fictional zombie outbreaks as an approach to investigating how different diseases could potentially spread. The investigations have resulted in different…
Unpopular Opinion: How SD-WAN Will Improve Security
The consensus is software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) will provide organizations unprecedented agility but possibly at the expense of security, as traffic flow changes to a distributed…