In-brief: Infoworld writes about the possible deal by ARM to acquire Sansa Security, a maker of security software for embedded systems that populate the Internet of Things.
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IEEE Proposes Standards For Safe, Connected Health Products
In-brief: a new publication by IEEE lays out a “building code” for medical device makers to help address security and privacy issues in products.
The Unbalanced Negative Externalities of Cybersecurity
In-Brief: Software and the critical systems it powers are now central to our modern lives. But that very software is under growing threat and require new approaches to address those threats, says Symantec CTO Amit Mital. Successes in the arena of public health may be a guide.
Everything Tastes Better with Bluetooth: Understanding IoT Risk
In-brief: Marc Blackmer of Cisco says that, with so much promise, it can be hard to anticipate how individual or company-wide decisions to embrace the IoT might bear on cyber risk.
FDA Safety Advisory Warns of Cyber Risk of Drug Pumps
In-brief: In what may be a first, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Safety Communication regarding vulnerabilities in a drug infusion pump by the firm Hospira.
