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Managing an Unmanaged Switch

Network switches come in two different flavors: managed unmanaged. Unmanaged switches are cheap but you can’t control them. Managed switches have some interface to configure and monitor the equipment, and cost much more. Watch as Jim Gibson explains why you need managed switches in your network. For a hacker perspective you might ask how different those two

From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities

GCHQ debuted a program called Karma Police seven years ago to track the browsing habits and communications of “every visible user on the Internet”  —  From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities  —  THERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program https://theintercept.com/2015/09/25/gchq-radio-porn-spies-track-web-users-online-identities/ Posted from WordPress for Android

Industrial Internet Reference Architecture

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) comprises energy, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, transportation and related industrial systems. Many Industrial Internet systems operate in mission critical environments and demand high standards of security, performance and scalability – different from those in the consumer and commercial sectors. In summers 2015 Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) released the Industrial