Privacy
Interview: Louis Parks on “Securing Our Future” with Peggy Smedley
Louis Parks (CEO, SecureRF) recently appeared on The Peggy Smedley Show podcast (Episode 545). In a segment titled “Securing Our Future,” Parks covered the history of public-key security, the importance of securing low-resource processors, and SecureRF’s future-proof authentication and data protection solutions for 8-, 16-, and 32-bit processors. Parks also explained the threat quantum computers pose…
Read MoreThe Value of Data Protection in the Internet of Things
The IoT is made up of billions of devices that collect and share data. If this data is not properly secured, it puts both end-users and manufacturers at risk for all sorts of disastrous consequences. For example, the data collected by a smart thermostat can reveal when someone is home based on their heating and…
Read MorePatient, Heal Thy Quantified Self
Smartwatches, smartglasses, smartwear are everywhere or, should we say everyware. It’s a ubicomp world where endless amounts of data based on our quantified self is attainable in real time thanks to the Internet of Things. And while knowing the number of steps we took today, can be important to a person, the leak or interruption…
Read MoreSecureRF’s Louis Parks to Host AIM Webinar Series on August 6: Securing the Internet of Things Challenges & Opportunities
Louis Parks President & CEO, SecureRF will be hosting the next entry in the AIM Webinar series on Thursday, August 6, 2015, at 2:00pm EST. As devices, sensors and objects are given digital identities that connect them to the Internet by the billions, the need for security and privacy becomes a critical factor for both…
Read MoreSecureRF Announces Algebraic Eraser Core to provide Public Key security for IoT
We are pleased to announce our Algebraic Eraser Core which provides Public Key security for FPGAs, ASICs, and embedded devices. This ultra-fast and very low power solution addresses privacy and security needs for the Internet of Things including consumer products, medical devices, building/home automation, credentials, automotive, and mobile payments. It delivers greater than 60X performance…
Read MorePrivacy versus Security
If you have been affiliated with Automated Identification Technology (AIT), Machine to Machine (M2M) communications or the Internet of Things (IoT) in any way, you are probably very familiar with the worldwide concerns that have been raised around privacy and security. In fact, we often think of privacy and security as a single issue and…
Read MoreSecurity is an Issue for All Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2014 Identified by Gartner.
Analysts at Gartner, Inc. recently highlighted the top ten technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2014. As I was reading the list it struck me that there are security issues surrounding all ten of these trends yet Gartner referenced security for only one of them. Similarly, privacy is an issue…
Read MoreNSA Tracking – Circa 2006
The National Security Agency’s tracking of U.S. citizens has been a hot topic this past summer since Edward Snowden leaked top-secret NSA documents. The Guardian has full coverage at http://www.theguardian.com/world/the-nsa-files. I recently ran across this Doctor Fun cartoon equating NSA tracking devices with cell phones. Then I noticed the date the cartoon was published – May…
Read MoreMore Talk About Privacy Issues
Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher When SecureRF first started getting involved with putting our cryptographic technology on RFID tags there was much concern about the privacy issues related to RFID. It was a topic that we wrote about a lot, for example, this 2009 blog post Talking About Privacy Issues – https://veridify.com/RFID-Security-blog/?p=99. But around the…
Read MoreNFC In Smartphones Transforms Healthcare
Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge has started a Near Field Communications cluster special interest group. I attended their second NFC meeting earlier this week, along with at least 225 other people. The theme was NFC In Smartphones Transforms Healthcare: with over 100 million NFC smartphones expected in service by…
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