Experts’ fears for current generation’s knowledge of online security

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25.10.2014 11:00 Colm Gorey
 


Experts’ fears for current generation’s knowledge of online security
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A greater emphasis on security is needed as the current generation is unaware of what’s at stake, a panel discussed at yesterday’s Innovation Ireland Forum in Dublin.
In the final panel discussion at the event, Silicon Republic CEO and editor-at-large Ann O’Dea raised the question of fears that exist over the assurance of security online in a time when the internet of things (IoT) would see every device in a person’s life connected online.
The panel consisted of some of the biggest names in IoT in Ireland, including Intel’s VP of IoT, Philip Moynagh; Prof Willie Donnelly, director of Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) in Waterford Institute of Technology; Prof Gregory O’Hare, director of the UCD Earth Institute; and Paul Hickey, manager of systems and sustainability at ESB Networks.
 
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This is where current generation has to stay on top of current changes on the web and continue to learn new techniques and solutions to the problems that arise.

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