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Broadcast & Cablesat (2024-01-23)
“Device security often means securing the chipset and the data stored inside the device from being breached. Network security securely transfers data between the IoT device and the cloud. Cloud security allows the data to avoid intrusion while sitting in the cloud,” says Michael Amiri, Senior Industrial and IoT Cybersecurity Analyst at ABI Research.
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Digital LIfescapes (2024-01-19)
"Device security often means securing the chipset and the data stored inside the device from being breached. Network security securely transfers data between the IoT device and the cloud. Cloud security allows the data to avoid intrusion while sitting in the cloud," says Michael Amiri, senior analyst at ABI Research.
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Future IoT (2024-01-19)
“Device security often means securing the chipset and the data stored inside the device from being breached. Network security securely transfers data between the IoT device and the cloud. Cloud security allows the data to avoid intrusion while sitting in the cloud,” says Michael Amiri, senior industrial and IoT cybersecurity analyst at ABI Research.
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Silver Linings (2024-01-18)
"Device security often means securing the chipset and the data stored inside the device from being breached. Network security securely transfers data between the IoT device and the cloud. Cloud security allows the data to avoid intrusion while sitting in the cloud," says Michael Amiri, Senior Industrial and IoT Cybersecurity Analyst at ABI Research.
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Reversing Labs (2023-07-10)
If organizations are prioritizing third-party risk management, is that being translated into action? Michael Amiri, a senior digital security analyst at the technology intelligence firm ABI, said organizations need to dig deeper into that question "to reveal what they are exactly doing to gain insight into their supply chains."
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CyberSecurity Dive (2023-05-19)
Critical infrastructure providers are poised to increase global spending on cybersecurity at a compound annual growth rate of 13%, according to projections ABI Research released Tuesday.
“The Biden administration seeks to push critical infrastructure industries to adopt secure-by-design principles and ensure that systems are designed to fail safely and recover quickly. To implement these strategies industries will have to increase cybersecurity budgets,” Amiri said via email.
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National Cybersecurity (2023-05-19)
“The Biden administration seeks to push critical infrastructure industries to adopt secure-by-design principles and ensure that systems are designed to fail safely and recover quickly. To implement these strategies industries will have to increase cybersecurity budgets,” Amiri said via email.
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Communications Today (2023-05-17)
The pandemic hindered cybersecurity spending in some sectors while boosting spending in others. “For example, cyber spending in the transport sector was significantly affected during the first few fiscal quarters of the pandemic, when many sectors grounded to a halt (most notably the aviation industry). On the contrary, the healthcare sector saw an uptick in cybersecurity spending at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as healthcare operations ramped up significantly. Spending in healthcare is expected to slow post-2023 as the effects of the pandemic level out. At the same time, transportation cybersecurity spending will return to normal,” states Michael Amiri, Senior Industrial Cybersecurity Analyst at ABI Research.
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Cyber Risk Leaders (2023-05-17)
The pandemic hindered cybersecurity spending in some sectors while boosting spending in others. “For example, cyber spending in the transport sector was significantly affected during the first few fiscal quarters of the pandemic, when many sectors grounded to a halt (most notably the aviation industry). On the contrary, the healthcare sector saw an uptick in cybersecurity spending at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as healthcare operations ramped up significantly. Spending in healthcare is expected to slow post-2023 as the effects of the pandemic level out. At the same time, transportation cybersecurity spending will return to normal,” states Michael Amiri, Senior Industrial Cybersecurity Analyst at ABI Research.
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eeNews Europe (2023-04-26)
An attack on network infrastructure targets the connection between ICS devices and the SCADA system or attempts to intercept data in movement. This could include eavesdropping on network traffic, disrupting network communications, or exploiting vulnerabilities in network devices, such as switches or routers. An ICS cyberattack could also target the data stored within ICSs. An attack on endpoints, targets applications, systems, or devices that are connected to an industrial control network,” says Michael Amiri, Senior Industrial Cybersecurity Analyst at ABI Research.
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HelpNet Security (2023-02-09)
ABI Research forecasts that OT and IoT spending in the rail industry between 2022 and 2027 represents an average of 7.65% of total cybersecurity spending in the sector and is set to hit $300 million globally by 2027.
“This is in line with overall average levels of 3-5% OT cybersecurity spending in the industrial sector. Still, the rail sector’s high level of OT-IT convergence and the extended nature of its networks mean that more precautions should be taken to maintain OT integrity. Exclusively relying on average OT cybersecurity spending growth is not enough to ensure secure networks, especially given the sector’s OT spending was globally a meager $123 million in 2022,” explains Michael Amiri, Senior Industrial Cybersecurity Analyst at ABI Research. “The disparity indicates higher OT cybersecurity risks in the future if rail operators do not increase OT security budgets.”
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Transport Security International (2023-02-08)
ABI Research, a global technology intelligence firm, forecasts that OT and IoT spending in rail between 2022 and 2027 represents an average of 7.65% of total cybersecurity spending in the sector and is set to hit US$300 million globally by 2027.
“This is in line with overall average levels of 3-5% OT cybersecurity spending in the industrial sector. Still, the rail sector’s high level of OT-IT convergence and the extended nature of its networks mean that more precautions should be taken to maintain OT integrity. Exclusively relying on average OT cybersecurity spending growth is not enough to ensure secure networks, especially given the sector’s OT spending was globally a meager US$123 million in 2022,” explains Michael Amiri, Senior Industrial Cybersecurity Analyst at ABI Research. “The disparity indicates higher OT cybersecurity risks in the future if rail operators do not increase OT security budgets.”
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Enterprise IoT Insights (2022-12-15)
Most IP is stored as IP-rich data on various cloud and edge platforms. Theft of corporate IP via cyberattacks on company networks costs the US economy alone between $225 billion and $600 billion annually, says ABI Research. A 53 percent CAGR rise in global IoT connectivity in the manufacturing sector clearly expands the volume and variety of attack vectors for cyber criminals. How the doubling-of-risk to IP secrets is calculated is not explained.
Michael Amiri, senior industrial cybersecurity analyst at ABI Research, with a new report on the subject, said: “Companies with higher R&D spending should be especially vigilant. A few clicks can neutralize many years of costly research to [achieve a] first-mover advantage… Industry 4.0 [brings] opportunities and threats… Manufacturing IoT connections increase exposure to IP theft by contributing to more points of entry and expanding the attack surface.”
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