CISF signed two MoUs with IIT Kanpur covering a six-week residential cyber-security programme and a proposed Centre of Excellence in Drone & Anti-Drone Technology at CISF’s MPRTC, Behror.
The cyber programme will train 40 CISF personnel per batch and cover critical infrastructure, digital forensics, AI/ML, deepfakes, IoT, cloud and operational technology.
CISF-IIT Kanpur collaboration will focus on UAV operations, drone forensics, counter-UAS systems, rogue-drone detection, RF, micro-Doppler detection and high-altitude operations.
This is significant because CISF guard airports, nuclear installations, ports and other strategic infrastructure.
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Sep 19, 2026 · via whispersinthecorridors.in
Instead of using add-on controls, defenders are rushing to include AI, zero trust, and resilience in their architecture.
This year, Brooks believes five variables will shape the ecosystem and determine the competitive environment in 2027.
The New Frontier of Attack and Defense: Agentic AI 2.
Cybercrime Develops into a Global Economy of the Corporate Class Cybercrime may be last on this list, but it’s not the least.
Brooks notes Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that cybercrime lost $10.5 trillion in 2025, making it a major global economic driver, and that it will cost the world $12.2 trillion annually by 2031.
Sep 18, 2026 · via cybersecurityventures.com
Critical infrastructure: when cyber risk becomes operational risk Day 2 opened with a deep dive into real-world industrial control system (ICS) and operational technology (OT) incidents, examining how vulnerabilities across human-machine interfaces, programmable logic controllers, safety systems and other critical infrastructure can translate into operational and physical consequences.
Dubai’s own critical infrastructure security mandate also came into focus, with Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) leaders examining how the city is strengthening cyber resilience across a fast-moving digital economy.
As Diamond Sponsor, du Tech also highlighted the growing convergence of cybersecurity, cloud, connectivity and AI as organisations seek to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure and digital operations.
Through its comprehensive technology ecosystem, du Tech supports government entities and enterprises in securing critical infrastructure, accelerating digital innovation and building future-ready, resilient operations.
Cyber defence moves at machine speed AI-driven security operations emerged as another dominant theme as speakers examined how artificial intelligence is accelerating both attack and defence.
Sep 18, 2026 · via tahawultech.com
Nozomi Networks, the leader in OT, IoT and CPS cybersecurity, will be taking part in GISEC Global 2026, at the Dubai Exhibition Center (DEC) in Expo City Dubai from September 16 to 18.
The UAE and the wider Middle East continue to prioritise building national cyber resilience and safeguarding critical infrastructure.
In line with these priorities, Nozomi Networks will be participating in GISEC Global 2026 to connect with its customers and partners, share insights from Nozomi Networks Labs’ threat intelligence research and talk about the changing cyber-physical threat landscape.
“GISEC gives us an important opportunity to engage directly with customers, partners and industry stakeholders across the region,” said Bachir Moussa, Regional Vice President EMEA South, Nozomi Networks.
“We want to demonstrate how improved visibility, threat intelligence and operational context can help organisations better understand their risks and improve their cyber resilience.
Sep 18, 2026 · via tahawultech.com
The initiative will connect environmental sensors through OQ Technology’s low-Earth-orbit satellite network, collecting data on tree water stress, soil moisture, microclimate conditions, biodiversity and forest condition.
The partners said the data could support forestry, biodiversity monitoring, carbon farming, drought and wildfire management, land rehabilitation and disaster resilience.
For OQ Technology, the project also provides an Australian test case for its approach to standards-based satellite IoT and direct-to-device connectivity.
The Luxembourg-based company operates a low-Earth-orbit satellite network targeting 3GPP-based non-terrestrial network services.
“Satellite-enabled IoT infrastructure” could help address environmental monitoring and climate resilience challenges, he said, adding that the longer-term opportunity extended to remote industries and public infrastructure.
Sep 18, 2026 · via iotinsider.com
Organisations should stop treating AI as a box-ticking exercise and focus on where it can deliver measurable operational gains, according to Genetec’s Lee Shelford.
Shelford urges organisations to look beyond traditional surveillance, with Genetec combining video, access control, vehicle recognition, communications, and IoT data through a single interface.
The technology can also support use cases beyond security, including bushfire detection, remote monitoring, car park management, and improving the movement of people and vehicles through airports and shopping centres.
But cyber security must remain central, with Genetec having pursued Australian requirements, including IRAP assessment and Essential Eight alignment.
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Sep 18, 2026 · via cyberdaily.au
The UAE and Saudi Arabia together accounted for half of all cyberattacks recorded across the Gulf region in the first half of 2026, according to a study by information security research company Positive Technologies.
The UAE was the most targeted country in the region, accounting for 35 per cent of all attacks, followed by Iran at 17 per cent and Saudi Arabia at 15 per cent, the report found.
Alexey Lukatsky, Chief Evangelist Officer at Positive Technologies, told Khaleej Times on the sidelines of Gisec Global.
He said that the UAE and Saudi Arabia were heavily targeted for their “different companies from IT, from telco, from banks, and so on.”
The industrial sector ranked third at 17 per cent, with half of these attacks targeting organisations in Saudi Arabia, according to the report.
Sep 18, 2026 · via khaleejtimes.com
Dr. Bola J. Mudasiru, stated this in a presentation titled, “Engineering the Digital Nervous System: AI and Digital Ecosystems for Future-Ready African Infrastructure.”
He identified urban traffic management, emergency response, infrastructure inspection, enforcement, utilities optimisation and digital public-service delivery as areas where AI could improve efficiency.
Mudasiru also highlighted the importance of Digital Pavement Management Systems and Bridge Management Systems in improving road and bridge maintenance across the continent.
The engineer identified predictive maintenance as another area where AI could help reduce infrastructure failures and operational costs.
Mudasiru therefore called for stronger collaboration among engineers, governments, private-sector infrastructure operators, technology experts and communities to maximise the benefits of AI and digital technologies in Africa.
Sep 18, 2026 · via vanguardngr.com
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst analyzed 61,500 abandoned Android IoT apps and found that nearly three in four contained software dependencies associated with documented vulnerabilities.
The team built its dataset from AndroZoo, a large archive of Android apps, then filtered for companion apps tied to IoT devices.
“Consequently, many users are left relying on unmaintained or delisted applications to manage sensitive IoT data, significantly broadening their security exposure,” they added.
They interpreted this finding as a sign that outdated cryptography is a habit throughout the IoT app ecosystem generally, not something specific to abandonment.
Deprecated cryptography was more common in the active group, appearing in 17% of those apps compared with 8.4% of abandoned apps.
Sep 18, 2026 · via helpnetsecurity.com
Engineers designing connected devices can now use an AI-assisted platform on NXP’s website to move from application requirements to proposed hardware architectures and schematics.
CELUS has launched a co-branded version of its Design Platform on NXP.com, allowing engineers to describe what they want to build to its AI Design Assistant and receive system-level design options based on NXP components and technologies.
CELUS said its platform can help structure requirements and constraints, compare system options and assemble complete hardware concepts before a physical design is produced.
Rather than relying on conventional component searches, NXP technologies are incorporated into a design workflow that starts with the intended application and works towards a complete system.
“By bringing the CELUS Design Platform to NXP.com, NXP is giving engineers a faster way to translate intent into a working design, and a clearer way to experience NXP solutions in the architecture where adoption decisions are actually made.”
Sep 17, 2026 · via iotinsider.com
With over half of all transportation organizations now actively deploying connected technologies, the industry has moved well beyond experimentation into large-scale execution.
Commuter volumes, freight demands, and connected devices are at historic highs, yet the underlying network infrastructure often remains constrained by legacy architectures incapable of supporting the AI era.
Establishing end-to-end operational visibility across highly distributed roadside and trackside environments.
Embedding a security-first architecture that defends critical infrastructure from evolving cyber threats.
By reducing the complexity of legacy infrastructure, Cisco delivers clear, measurable benefits across your transportation operations: Enhanced Operational Visibility: Gain real-time, unified insights across distributed network assets.
Sep 17, 2026 · via blogs.cisco.com
The autonomous ship market is also expected to reach $217.6 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 9.5% from 2024 to 2033.
From connected systems to integrated ships The growing adoption of maritime IoT, AI-based data analytics, cloud computing and smart-ship technologies is generating increasing amounts of operational data.
However, the white paper argues that many ship-specific digital solutions remain fragmented, limiting their ability to work together effectively.
An integrated digital platform, by contrast, could bring ship operations, maintenance and logistics data together, enabling real-time analysis and supporting faster decision-making.
Cybersecurity becomes part of the equation The integration challenge also has a direct cybersecurity dimension.
Sep 17, 2026 · via safety4sea.com
Nozomi Networks, vendor of operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT), and cyber-physical systems (CPS) security, announced on Wednesday Nozomi Compass, an OT-native asset and service management platform built for a new reality.
Nozomi Compass closes that gap.
Nozomi Compass turns AI-speed action into governed, auditable outcomes without risking uptime or safety.
“OT and IT service management have always spoken different languages,” said Moreno Carullo, co-founder and CTO at Nozomi Networks.
Nozomi Compass will be available to Nozomi Networks customers in January.
Sep 17, 2026 · via industrialcyber.co
Nozomi Networks has launched Nozomi Compass, an asset and service management platform for operational technology environments.
The launch is part of a broader effort to combine cyber-physical systems security with OT service management in a single platform.
It is also designed to feed governed OT data into wider enterprise systems already used by customers, including enterprise asset management, configuration management databases, IT asset management, IT service management, security information and event management, and security orchestration tools.
The launch expands Nozomi's product set beyond monitoring and threat detection into day-to-day service management inside industrial operations.
"OT and IT service management have always spoken different languages," said Moreno Carullo, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Nozomi Networks.
Sep 17, 2026 · via itbrief.com.au
Gartner said public sector leaders are under pressure to modernise operations, strengthen cyber resilience and govern AI at scale while managing economic and geopolitical uncertainty.
“Government CIOs are operating in one of the most disruptive periods in recent memory,” said Dean Lacheca, vice-president analyst at Gartner.
“AI is reshaping how governments deliver services; cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional defences can respond to; and agencies are under increasing pressure to achieve more with finite resources.”
Gartner said AI agents will increasingly support government operations, citizen services, software development and routine decision-making.
Gartner said future-ready agencies will require digital- and AI-literate workforces, adaptive operating models and governance structures that encourage innovation while preserving accountability.
Sep 17, 2026 · via futureiot.tech
The Cross-Environment Gap Our series, Inside the Modern SOC: Trends and Insights from Unit 42 Managed Services, shares the operational patterns that Unit 42 experts observe, with today's challenge beginning after the initial foothold.
Across Unit 42 investigations, we continue to see adversaries move well beyond where an attack begins.
Unit 42 analysts apply frontline expertise and threat intelligence to validate the attack path, investigate coordinated activity and accelerate response.
Organizations using Managed XSIAM extend this approach through continuous SOC engineering delivered by Unit 42 experts.
The Unit 42 Managed Services Edge Unit 42 combines expert-led MDR, Managed Threat Hunting and Managed XSIAM to help organizations investigate attacks as one connected incident.
Sep 17, 2026 · via unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
Its core thesis has evolved from IoT security to what the industry now calls Physical AI - autonomous systems driven by artificial intelligence that interact with the real world.
Photon, built on that infrastructure, is the company's preventive platform for Physical AI.
These make it easier and cheaper for attackers to target physical devices in novel ways.
To counter this, Exein is training a foundational model for Physical AI security using machine data and telemetrics.
The company's bet is that security must live inside the device itself, functioning like a digital immune system for connected hardware.
Sep 16, 2026 · via finance.biggo.com
As an increasing number of everyday objects, such as lights, televisions, major appliances, cars, and even doorbells, are being brought online, Internet of Things (IoT) stocks are attracting more investors.
As of September 2026, Cisco stock had a forward dividend yield of 1.5%.
Benefits and risks of investing in Internet of Things stocks While some investors may find exposure to IoT stocks exciting, it's important to remember they offer both benefits and risks.
Methodology: How these stocks were chosen Among the numerous IoT investment opportunities, these stocks represent compelling IoT leaders across diverse niches.
Although growth investors may find IoT stocks the most compelling, conservative investors have options as well.
Sep 16, 2026 · via fool.com
The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is forcing IoT manufacturers to rethink cybersecurity as an ongoing responsibility rather than a one-off compliance exercise, according to industry experts speaking at an IoT Insider webinar that is now available to watch on demand.
The majority of the Act’s wider requirements for products with digital elements will apply from 11 December 2027, giving manufacturers a further period to prepare for the more extensive product cybersecurity requirements.
The webinar, titled ‘The Cyber Resilience Act is here: What happens next for IoT security?
The change is particularly significant for IoT products, which can remain deployed for many years after they are first manufactured.
The IoT Insider webinar, ‘The Cyber Resilience Act is here: What happens next for IoT security?
Sep 16, 2026 · via iotinsider.com
“Once it is disrupted, the whole ecosystem is affected,” he says, pointing to the importance of comprehensive incident response plans and cyber resilience programmes.
That is something the whole panel agreed on, including Khaled Al Teneiji, Cyber Security Head at ENOC, Talal Alasmi, CISO at Al Maha Petroleum Products Marketing Co. SAOG in Oman, and Anoop Paudval, Head of Information Security and GRC at Gulf News.
On the motives of these attacks Salman stated that this could be of financial and state interest to target the energy sector.
“Accuracy of an asset inventory decays unless continuously maintained,” Al Teneiji expressed pointing to the company’s need to move from box-ticking compliance to active, live monitoring.
Al Teneiji expressed that security teams need to sit down with process engineers before disaster strikes.
Sep 16, 2026 · via gulfnews.com