Halloween kicks off a time of heightened multimedia sharing, as families and groups of friends eagerly send images and videos of the day’s activities via social media directly to loved ones. These days we take for granted all of the underlying systems that make this multimedia frenzy possible, but i...

Innovation in connectivity is so rapidly paced and multi-dimensional across integrated technology spaces today that there is a tendency to be overwhelmed with the concomitant risk of hacking.

Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Director, Technology Policy and International Affairs Among the world’s most serious economic and national-security challenges today is cyber-security, with implications across the many rights and civil liberties enjoyed by people throughout the world who engage in cyber-co...

Karen McCabe, Senior Director, Technology Policy and International Affairs, IEEE Standards Association The Internet of today, with its pervasive and expansive reach, has enabled transformational and impactful developments. It has enabled new levels of social engagement and networking. It has generat...

According to the US Department of Homeland Security, more than 40 percent of reported infrastructure cyber attacks in 2012 were directed against the energy sector, including utilities and natural gas pipelines. Smart Grid cyber security remains a broad, complex, and highly dynamic challenge. And wit...

IEEE-SA Industry Connections Security Group — The threat is diverse. The industry is united. The threat to computer security isn’t “out there.” It’s everywhere. A few years ago the risk to computer security was a small number of threats — like a single virus — being spread as widely as possible. Suc...

Recent reports indicate that hacking industrial interval meters for profit is a serious threat and one that is likely to grow. But vendors typically specify the cyber security features of intelligent electronic devices, which makes it difficult for industrial clients and their consulting engineers t...