In our 2016 annual predictions, The Fine Line 2016 Predictions, the most frightening and most sensational prediction is that “at least one consumer-grade smart device failure will be lethal in 2016.” It’s easy to misread and misunderstand this to mean that the prediction is that someone will successfully hack a smart device and kill someone….
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Today is October 21, 2015. This is the date that Marty McFly travelled thirty years into the future to visit in the popular “Back to the Future” series of movies. When fictional dates in the future finally roll around, it’s natural to stop and ask “what did they get right?” and with something as fun…
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A recent Trend Micro report carried out by the Ponemon Institute uncovered an interesting new dynamic in the workplace. Increasing numbers of U.S. consumers are bringing wearable technology into the office. This raises a difficult problem for enterprise IT managers keen on keeping IoT devices from swamping the workplace as the influx of BYOD devices…
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Could you have imagined five years ago that the car you’re driving would have greater computing power than the Apollo 11 that landed on the moon? And could you have imagined that those same cars would be manufactured with state-of-the-art roll bars, airbags and anti-lock brakes to prevent accident and injury, but not sufficient cyber…
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From fitness trackers to head-mounted displays and even connected home appliances, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices are commanding serious column inches in the media these days. But the reality, according to research commissioned by Trend Micro earlier this year, is that adoption is still on the low side. Can we expect this…
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Today’s continuously connected society is changing many aspects of daily life, yet the majority of respondents in our survey “Privacy and Security in a Connected Life” have not become more concerned overall about the security of their personal data. However, certain aspects of the increased connectivity have made consumers more hesitant across the board. Data…
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Unless you’ve been living on Mars for the past few years, you’ll know that the Internet of Things has started to arrive. Billions upon billions of new internet-connected appliances, sensors and other smart gadgets promise to transform our lives, making us more productive, healthy and happy with thousands of them coming online every day. But…
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How connected is the world you live in today? Whatever your answer, the truth is that it’s about to get a whole lot more inter-connected as the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution takes hold. Having spent more than a quarter of a century protecting security and privacy of our customers, we thought it would be…
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US consumers are more connected today than they’ve ever been. A perfect storm of powerful smart devices, mobile applications, cloud-based communication services, super-fast wired and wireless networks and social media platforms has led us to this point. It has enriched our lives and made us more productive at work. But with all these gains comes…
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The Internet of Things (IoT). It’s something we hear about more and more every day. From smart watches to smart TVs to smart cars: every day we hear more and more about how people are taking devices and connecting them to the Internet and how that will be for our benefit. But what do people…
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