Description

This issue of Homeland Security TOE profiles innovations in cybersecurity and provides strategic insights focusing on initiatives, emerging trends, and growth factors. Innovations profiled include a solution for securing internet of things (IoT) devices, a data security solution for BYOD (bring your own device), prevention of data theft in transit, an artificial intelligence based threat analytics solution, a continuous monitoring platform, a data centric security platform, a cyber attack detection solution, and an integrated threat protection platform.

The Homeland Security Alert captures global innovations and developments related to homeland security on a monthly basis. Technologies enabling security segments, including incident management, border security, CBRNE, disaster management, cybersecurity, first responders, critical infrastructure protection, maritime security, food security, personal protective equipment, and airport security are captured in this alert.

The need for low power, smaller, lighter sensors with enhanced performance attributes and minimal false alarms is driving innovations in the sensors space. The Sensors and Control cluster covers innovations pertaining to technologies such as wireless sensors and networks, energy harvesting, haptics and touch, MEMS and nanosensors, terahertz, ubiquitous/smart sensors, CBRNE, quantified-self, sensor fusion, M2M communications, and drones.

Keywords: Cybersecurity, network security