BLOG
NIS 2 – Cybersecurity-related legislation in 2024
Now that 2024 is about to end, let’s have a look at this year’s cybersecurity highlights. Changes in legislation like NIS 2 (both in countries and supranational bodies, like the EU) probably rank amongst the most important. All of these changes in legislation have been spurred by global cyber threats that can undermine a country’s democracy and financial stability....
Kategorien
Communication is everything
Communication is everything and a crucial part of our daily life. Some people go even further and say that it is everything. The American author John Gray who wrote “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” is strongly committed to this theory as he advises that...
The 5th Mobile Generation: Research on the Future Internet
Mobile Internet becomes more and more popular. Whereas mobile Internet has only been used for email checking, it is now used for the same applications as the Internet by cable: surfing the Internet, playing online games, listening to music or streaming videos and...
The importance of Multicast mechanisms
What does multimedia streaming means? Multimedia streaming is increasingly present in our lives. Streaming allows a user to view or listen, to this content without previously downloading it. A user connects to the server which in turn sends the multimedia content. ...
VoIP Security
Some countries switch off their telephone network in the near future. ALL IP is as previously mentioned one of the main buzz words. The shift to VoIP has already started and now is the right time to ask ourselves: “Do we need VoIP security?” VoIP security in this...
Smart Grid: The role of communications in the evolution of power grids
Smart Power Grids consist of the integration of power grid elements in advanced information systems to benefit power suppliers, distributors and consumers. These grids combine generation and distribution resources with demand through wide use of state-of-the art...
The first wireless LAN /WLAN
Everybody at least in Germany and probably in some typical German tourist centers knows the famous Song by Paul Kuhn “There is no beer on Hawaii” but not many people know that a network very similar to the wireless LAN available nowadays was already set up in 1969 by...
Positioning systems and mobility management
Years ago there was a revolution in overseas travel; we no longer needed to learn the routes of a nation because satellites were able to tell us our position in real time (using GPS). This technology was taken to another level by the professional market with the...
The ABC of SBC: definition, characteristics and advantages
The Firewall is the quintessential element providing network security when you need to interconnect with other networks, allowing outgoing traffic and blocking unsolicited incoming traffic. The Firewall is a necessary element, although it is insufficient for security...
Industry 4.0
Smart Factories, the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, mass customization - these are the futuristic-sounding buzzword when it comes to Industry 4.0. The term "Industry 4.0" provides information on all the hopes that are placed on the subject. It indicates a...
Rest architecture: The provision of centralized services
For a number of years now we have been constantly bombarded by the idea of the cloud, where there is room for virtually everything, whether it is a private cloud or a public one, with servers installed at the client’s head office or in large data centers around the...
Control structures for modern microprocessors
Since the advent of computers a large variety of processors with different instruction set architecture (ISA) have been developed. Their design commenced with the definition of the instruction set and culminated in the implementation of the microarchitecture that...
WLAN Site Surveys – Good planning is half the battle
Wireless LAN coverage is nowadays mandatory for more and more customers. Meanwhile, WLAN Site Surveys is not only used for office communication like e-mail or web traffic. By now storekeepers use for instance for bar code scanners with integrated WLAN to register...
