Security expert: Saudi Arabia understands the importance of cyber solutions to protect its industrial systems

 

An expert in the field of cybersecurity confirmed that the rapid development of cyberattacks threatens to cause huge damage to the global economy, especially since these attacks can target all industrial systems at the same time, which represents the highest level of threat to critical infrastructure and assets around the world, and he believes that system threats The industrial sector is one of the most prominent cyber threats facing the Middle East region.

(Robert M. Lee), CEO of Dragos, a global leader in cybersecurity, indicated that the past year 2022 witnessed a dangerous development in malware targeting industrial systems, as a new set of malware tools was discovered capable of targeting an industrial sector. Not only that, all at once, but potentially all industrial systems.

He said the new threat, called PIPEDREAM, represents the highest level of threat to critical infrastructure in the world, given its massive potential to spread across many sectors and industries.

Saudi vision of cyber security

Regarding the cyber threats facing the Middle East, Dragos CEO believes that the threats to industrial systems, including the possibility of increasingly sophisticated and scalable attacks, represent a great danger in the region, especially in Saudi Arabia.

And he indicated that the industrial establishments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, especially with the great digital transformation, are at risk of this type of complex and rapidly spreading attacks, pointing out that the Saudi government and the owners of private establishments are aware of the importance of cybersecurity solutions to protect industrial control systems ICS, and its operational technologies OT, He described the Saudi steps in this regard as "a very mature position in the region."

He continued, saying: “Saudi Arabia has an advanced vision regarding cybersecurity solutions, and it has alignment on the necessary measures to protect society from cyberattacks, which are measures that are almost comparable to other measures in the world.”

Protecting industrial environments

On the protection of industrial environments, Robert M. Lee advised technical leaders to follow a path dedicated to the unique challenges and tasks of OTs, pointing out that if they seek to imitate their own IT strategies and apply them to OT environments, they will fail to protect their industrial systems.

The CEO of (Dragos), in his capacity as a member of the Cyber Security Center of the World Economic Forum (CSS), spoke about the center's priorities in facing cyber challenges and improving digital trust in the world, and said that they are represented in building electronic resilience, enhancing global cooperation, and understanding future networks and technologies with the aim of exploring challenges. and cybersecurity opportunities in the future.

Cyber security platform

Regarding the tasks of (Dragos) in countering cyber attacks, (Robert M. Lee) said: “Dragos focuses on supporting the industrial community, providing its cybersecurity platform to customers, and working to enhance collective defense; By helping to foster a collaborative strategy in which organizations work together to defend against cyber threats, and to provide resources; to build knowledge and training, and transfer knowledge through our experts to local experts; To ensure that Saudi citizens are the leading experts in the field of cyber security in the world.

He added that the technology of the (Dragos) platform gives customers a view of industrial control systems and their operational technologies, in addition to the vulnerabilities that they need to discover. To defend, respond to, detect and prevent threats.

He pointed out that the strength of the Dragos platform is represented in the intelligence of its operating technologies, its ability to record threats, provide in-depth forensic evidence, and technology operating manuals. To help organizations quickly respond to incidents, as well as support from Dragos experts; To help build safe, effective OT programs.

(Robert M. Lee) emphasized that the company's mission is to protect the industrial infrastructure on which we depend; By providing cyber security solutions for industrial control systems, their operational technologies, and the protection of industrial enterprises in the fields of electricity, oil, gas, manufacturing, building automation systems, chemicals, governments, water, food, beverages, mining, transportation, and pharmacy.

Salesforce introduces the 5 Principles of Trusted AI

 

Today, Salesforce revealed the main principles that must be adopted in the field of developing trusted artificial intelligence.

The company confirmed, according to (Terry Nicol), Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, that it is constantly working to integrate ethical principles and controls into all its products, with the aim of helping customers to innovate and face any potential challenges proactively, thus continuing its approach in all its innovations.

In light of the huge opportunities and challenges emerging in this field, (Terry Nicol) said that the new set of guidelines is an advanced step compared to the company's previous principles in developing reliable artificial intelligence, with the focus here being on the responsible development and implementation of generative AI technologies. Noting that these principles are still witnessing more work to keep pace with the initial steps taken by the transformational artificial intelligence technologies, and in this context, he affirmed the company's commitment to learning, benefiting from experiences, and cooperating with others in order to find solutions.

Here are the five set of principles for ensuring AI reliability:

Precision

Deliver verifiable AI results that balance accuracy, validity, and return rates in models by enabling customers to train models using their own data.

Channels of communication should be opened between all parties in cases of uncertainty about the integrity of AI responses, and users should be able to verify these responses themselves.

This can be done by stating the sources, and justifying the reasons behind the responses provided by artificial intelligence, such as: tracing all the inferential stages it followed in order to arrive at the responses, highlighting the aspects that need to be checked again, such as: statistics, recommendations and dates, and publishing Controls that prevent the implementation of some actions completely automatically, such as: executing software within the production environment without human supervision.

safety

As with all AI models, every effort should be made to mitigate bias, abusive language, and harmful outputs by conducting assessments of bias, triggers of responses, and robustness of models while launching impartial tests to track down and find vulnerabilities.

The privacy of any personally identifiable information contained in the data used in training must also be protected, and controls in place to prevent additional harm, such as forcing software to be deployed in an isolated environment rather than being automatically pushed into a production environment.

honesty

You must respect data sources and ensure that consent is obtained when using data, such as: open sources or user sources. Be transparent by indicating that the content is AI-generated when it is self-submitted, such as in the case of the virtual assistant's response to the consumer and the use of unique hashtags.

empowerment

A distinction must be made between cases in which it is desirable to fully automate processes and other cases in which artificial intelligence must play a supportive role to humans.

The best balance must be found between the desire to support human capabilities to the fullest extent and making solutions in this field accessible to all, such as: creating alternative texts to identify the content of images to those who cannot see them.

sustainability

In conjunction with the work on creating more accurate models, AI models must be developed as appropriately sized as possible in order to reduce the carbon footprint. In the context of models of this intelligence, bigger does not always mean better because in some cases smaller, better-trained models outperform larger, less-trained models.

Nissan supports the ServCity project for advanced autonomous driving in complex cities

 

The ServCity collaborative project supported by Nissan and the British government to deploy advanced autonomous driving technology in London's complex urban environments and integrate it into the city's infrastructure has concluded.

After three years of research and more than 1,600 miles of autonomous driving tests, Nissan has worked with collaborative venture partners to develop a scheme that will help British cities integrate advanced autonomous driving technologies into their city infrastructure. The project also looked at how cities could provide "robot taxis" in the future for city residents.

The autonomous ServCity connected to the Smart Mobility Living Laboratory in Greenwich is based on the all-electric Nissan LEAF, and has successfully completed challenging tests on the roads of London.

ServCity took full advantage of the laboratory, which used its network of roadside sensors and data processing technology to create a future collaborative infrastructure environment, sending new data sources to the connected autonomous vehicle to improve its awareness of its surroundings. The infrastructure can detect objects and obstacles that are not within the vehicle's range or in sight, such as: at a bend or in front of it at a distance, and inform it of its presence so that it can maneuver and change its lane without obstructing traffic.

Like all previous autonomous connected car development projects supported and funded by the UK government, this project is an important way to reassure people that this type of vehicle is safe and can be used on UK roads and has multiple benefits for society. The final part of the project then includes a series of demonstrations that will be held in front of the partners and will enable them to see first-hand the advanced autonomous driving technologies that are integrated into the ready infrastructure for connected autonomous vehicles on the streets of Greenwich.

Transport Secretary Jesse Norman said: "The government has invested £7 million in this groundbreaking innovative project which, since its launch, has provided answers to practical questions about how to integrate autonomous vehicles into cities in the public interest."

• For his part, David Moss, Senior Vice President of Regional Research and Development for Nissan Africa, Middle East, India, Europe and Oceania, said: “We are proud to be involved in the ServCity project, as the all-electric Nissan LEAF proved to be the ideal test vehicle. We are committed through the Nissan 2030 long-term ambition plan to facilitate access to safe mobility technologies. Developing our capabilities and expertise in autonomous driving is critical to these efforts, as are research projects such as ServCity that are essential to advance the technology.”
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• He continued, “Nissan, with its world-class research and development base in Cranfield, UK, continues to innovate in order to introduce the latest efficient technologies that benefit our customers. ServCity’s achievements contribute to our efforts to lay the foundations for a future that we hope will be free of fatalities resulting from road accidents, and based on providing additional levels of convenience for customers through advanced autonomous driving technologies.”

ServCity is funded by both the UK Government and Venture Partners, the government's £100m Intelligent Mobility Fund, managed by the Center for Connected Autonomous Vehicles and implemented by UK innovation agency Innovate UK. Six partners, Nissan, Connected Places Catapult, TRL, Hitachi Europe, University of Nottingham and SBD Automotive, have collaborated over three years to develop a blueprint for original equipment manufacturers, transport service providers and city planners to enhance their readiness for autonomous connected cars in British cities.

Autonomous driving technologies are a cornerstone of Nissan's ambitions 2030 plan, which is the company's long-term vision through which it seeks to achieve a safer, more inclusive and environmentally friendly world.

“Nissan provided the all-electric LEAF as a test vehicle and our talented group of engineers researched and developed advanced autonomous driving technology for use in the project,” said Robert Bateman, Director of Nissan Technical Center Europe and Nissan ServCity Project Manager. This enabled the development of a test vehicle connected to the city's infrastructure and capable of navigating autonomously through London's busy streets alongside other road users, whether they are stationary or moving. The ServCity project constitutes an important step towards the future application of autonomous mobility technology, and more than 115 people participated in it, and it took about 16,000 work days.”

Meta begins selling Meta Verified

 

Today, Meta has started selling its new subscription service, Meta Verified, in beta to Facebook and Instagram users in Australia and New Zealand, after Mark Zuckerberg announced the service yesterday in a post.

The company said in a press release published on its website that users in countries where the service is available can now obtain it for 

a monthly subscription of $ 11.99 for subscribers via the web, and $ 14.99 for subscribers via Android and iOS.

Meta Verified subscribers get several features that include the account verification tag, additional protection against impersonation of verified account holders, priority access to technical support service, highlighting verified accounts in search results and comments, and finally what the company said are “exclusive features that allow the user to express himself in a way Distinctive”, such as providing subscribers with exclusive sticker images that they can use in Facebook posts and Instagram stories.

The company confirmed that there will be no change to the previously documented accounts, during the trial period of the service, and added that it plans to provide other subscription offers that are beneficial to everyone, such as content makers, companies, and users in general.

And (Meta) clarified in its post the requirements for account verification according to the new service, which is that the account must be active and include a previous record of publications, and that the account holder should not be less than 18 years old, with the submission of a personal proof document in which the name and photo match the account information on Facebook or Instagram.

Facebook's move is similar to what Twitter did last year when it launched its paid documentation brand (Twitter Blue) Twitter Blue. Subscribing to the Twitter service includes a wide range of features such as seeing fewer ads, the ability to customize the appearance of the application, a special tab to see the most popular articles, and the ability to post long tweets of up to 4000 characters.

Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, had announced that the company plans to cancel the old authentication tag to keep the authentication restricted to subscribers of the paid service, which Facebook did not say in its announcement, but it alluded to that possibility by saying that the old authentication service will remain unchanged “during the period.” Experimental".ش

New information about the Google Pixel Fold foldable phone

 

The 9to5Google website, which specializes in the news of the American company Google, has published leaked information it obtained that reveals new details related to the Google Pixel Fold foldable phone, which is expected to be unveiled during the current year.

According to the new information, the new phone is expected to be heavier and larger than the foldable phones available in the market, and in return it will carry a large battery that may be the largest in the category of foldable phones.

The leaked images reveal that the phone will be similar in shape to the Oppo Find N2 and will come in the same length, which is 140 millimeters, but it is wider with a width of about 80 millimeters.

The wide screen allows for a better multitasking experience, as the device screen allows - according to the leak - to run two full applications side by side when the screen is opened with sufficient space for each application, unlike other foldable phones in which applications appear smaller in size, which does not provide an ideal use experience. .

According to the new information, the Pixel Fold will be heavier than other foldable phones, as it is expected to weigh more than the Samsung Z Fold 4, which is 263 grams. For comparison, the Microsoft Surface Duo phone weighs approximately 250 grams and the Oppo Find N phone weighs approximately 237 grams.

The battery of the new phone has a large capacity of close to 5000 mAh, which makes it the phone with the largest battery in its class, compared to the Z Fold 4, which has a battery capacity of 4,400 mAh, and the Oppo Find N2 with a battery capacity of 4,50 mAh. hour.

No confirmed information is available about when the new Google phone will be launched, as expectations range from next May, which is the expected date for the launch of the Pixel Tablet, which Google had announced a while ago, or in October, which is the annual date when Google unveils its new phones. .

Ethereum Now You Can Profit From ETH Mining Using Golem Network

 

Mining Ethereum is one of the matters that makes loads of money, but most people want costly hardware with a lot of computing energy proper now.

 The Golem network, an Ethereum-primarily based platform for sharing unused computing electricity, has a small answer for folks who want to make a contribution to the network with out going into everything.

 Golem publicizes loose ETH Mining App

 Golem announced Thorg, a unfastened laptop-based totally virtual foreign money mining app.  Although it is designed for game enthusiasts and different humans like miners who already have effective domestic computers.  However, Golem guarantees that the app will "support more types of gadgets in the close to future."

 at the same time as there are different methods to passively mine ETH on a domestic pc.  Taking gain of the Golem network can help humans speedy increase their assets without filling their rooms with devices.

 The CEO of Golem network said

 "because it is not an normal miner or a mining scheme, however a unique proposition for passive machines and their computing strength, there also are no direct competition yet."

 Similarities between Golem community and Filecoin

 Golem is just like Filecoin, the decentralized network that lets in human beings to buy and promote pc storage via the FIL token.  Simplest in preference to garage, Golem allows the shopping for and selling of computing energy that could otherwise stay unused.  If you're a night time participant and feature the extra power to interact through day, you can get offset in the Golem token, GLM, for renting it out.

 Golem's market cap has extra than quadrupled within the beyond yr and stands just beneath $500 million.  Its nominal charge is close to $zero.50.

 Ethereum price in contemporary buying and selling

 on the contemporary press time, today, Friday, September 24, the price of the virtual currency ETH has reached three,067 USD.  ETH is down 1.Forty one% during the last 24 hours.  The Ethereum cryptocurrency is also down by thirteen.72% during the last 7 days.

Dogecoin whales move 414 million DOGE after price drops more than 8%

 

Consistent with the DogeWhaleAlert Twitter account that has tracked Dogecoin transactions over the last several hours, a total of 414,000,000 Dogecoin has been transferred between nameless wallets.

 This is, an anticipated value of $fifty four.20 million.

 Meanwhile, Dogecoin has again to the listing of assets actively offered by whales on the Binance BSC blockchain, at the same time as the price of DOGE is down more than eight%.

 414 MILLION DOGE move:

 inside the past six hours, unidentified whales have made greater than 20 trades, which have carried a total of 414 million DOGE.

 Approximately 12 of them have converted 30 million DOGE every.

 The final five million transactions held a meme coin created in 2013 as a parody of Bitcoin.

 In the meantime, Dogecoin is lower back on the pinnacle ten list of cryptocurrencies that BSC's pinnacle a thousand BSC has these days collected.

 DOGE ranks 10th with BNB, MATIC, Ethereum, and plenty of other famous stablecoins pegged to the dollar.

 This occurs at the same time as the price of the largest meme cryptocurrency drops and the coin is exchanged at $zero.12.

 Inside the last 24 hours, the price of the coin has reduced by way of extra than 6%

Dogecoin .AMC Film Show plans to accept the cryptocurrency Doge

 

AMC entertainment Holdings plans to simply accept Dogecoin as payment for film tickets.  AMC Cinemas is considered one of the biggest cinema chains within the international, which also consists of greater than 978 cinemas.

 AMC is thinking about accepting Dogecoin

 AMC Cinemas has started to seriously do not forget the circulate after CEO Adam Aaron's Twitter ballot  garnered an superb variety of shares.

 The CEO found out that at 4.2 million perspectives, extra than one hundred forty,000 (77%) of the survey respondents voted yes on the difficulty of accepting digital currency for film price tag bills.  He brought that AMC Cinemas is now studying how to attain this.

 Aaron delivered:

 Very cool Dogecoin survey was superb.  In 24 hours, it had four.2 million views, the largest retweet ever, and the most retweeted ever.  140,000 votes seventy seven% yes, 23% no.  It is also clean which you suppose that AMC Cinemas need to be given digital forex.  Now we want to discern out the way to do it.  Hold following

 AMC film display and Bitcoin attractiveness

 AMC Cinemas for the primary time introduced in August that there are plans to begin accepting bitcoin as charge for movie tickets by means of the stop of the 12 months.  However, it accelerated the listing of cryptocurrencies it would take delivery of to consist of Bitcoin coins, as well as Litecoin and Ethereum in some other statement this month.  The announcement was met with combined reactions from Dogecoin supporters.  This prompted AMC Cinemas to additionally now do not forget accepting digital currency.

 Doge virtual foreign money price for the duration of cutting-edge buying and selling

 at some stage in buying and selling nowadays, Friday, September 24, the rate of the virtual forex Dogecoin reached 0.222 USD.  The cryptocurrency is down 1.16% during the last 24 hours.  The cryptocurrency has additionally fallen by means of eleven.30% over the last 7 days.  As for the marketplace cost of Dogecoin, it also reached $29,a hundred and seventy,292,582.

Bitcoin Twitter adds BTC crypto tip service to its application

 

The social networking app Twitter has announced that users can now tip with Bitcoin very easily.

 Twitter adds BTC tip

 Twitter's crypto tipping service permits users to direct cryptocurrency to their original BTC address.

 Twitter defined:

 you can now add your Bitcoin address.

People can also copy and paste your address right into a BTC wallet of their choice to send a fee immediately to you

 Giving Bitcoin Tip the use of Strike

 customers also can tip through Strike, a payments app constructed on the Lightning network.

Not like the original BTC crypto tip, this service is simplest to be had to customers inside the united states as well as El Salvador.

 The BTC feature had been expected because early September, whilst it changed into rolled out to beta testers in confined numbers.

 Because may additionally, Twitter's tipping service has allowed customers to ship cash through different incorporated services.

Together with Bandcamp, Chipper, Patreon, Razorpay, WealthSimple coins, and Venmo.

 Square's coins app, chaired by way of Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, is likewise available as a payment technique.

 Twitter has additionally introduced two new ways to turn unencrypted cash to its options: GoFundMe and PicPay.

 Reviews somewhere else have indicated that the web page plans to add aid for non-fungible tokens, allowing customers to authenticate, song, and view their encrypted agencies.

 The price of the cryptocurrency BTC at some stage 

in trading

 in the course of trading these days, Friday,

 September 24, 

the price of the virtual currency BTC reached $44,156.  

The cryptocurrency is down zero.1% during the last 24 hours.  The cryptocurrency BTC has additionally fallen by 7.Sixty eight% over the past 7 days.

  The virtual foreign money BTC is likewise currently 

present process a new segment of correction as it is witnessing substantial charge losses. 

As for the marketplace cost of BTC, it has additionally reached $831,231,150,978 in the mean time.

Euro mixed after German business climate improved in February

 

The euro rate varied February 22, 2022 after facts showed that the enterprise weather throughout Germany advanced from analysts' 

previous expectancies in February as compared to the previous month, according to a report published by way

 of the Ifo Institute for monetary research on Tuesday. 

 The commercial enterprise weather index rose to ninety eight.Nine factors, 

the present day assessment index rose to 98.6 factors, 

and the expectations index rose to 99.2 points.

 Germany urges Russia to go into reverse from actions in Ukraine

 at the political the front, buyers additionally focused at the Ukraine disaster, as German overseas Minister Annalena Barbock on Monday referred to as on Russia to reverse its choice to apprehend the independence of the Donetsk Republic and the Luhansk human beings's Republic from Ukraine.  Barbock also persisted to explain the pass as a violation of worldwide regulation.

 The united states, the eu Union, NATO and the UK also condemned Moscow's selection, which was announced by means of Russian President Vladimir Putin in advance nowadays.

 Euro price February 22 2022

 In phrases of trading, the european foreign money become blended in opposition to the principal currencies throughout trendy early buying and selling, as the euro rose against the dollar by using zero.17%, to exchange at 1.1333 stages. 

 The euro additionally rose against the British pound, 

with the euro pound trading at zero.8338 stages.  This is at 09:14 am GMT.

 On the identical time, the euro fell towards the yen with the aid of 0.15%,

 with the euro yen trading at a hundred thirty,080.  The Swiss franc also fell towards the eu forex to degrees of 1.04008 euros.  The euro also rose against the Canadian dollar, 

with the pair trading at 1.4431.

 Sooner or later, the euro towards the Australian greenback fell 0.13% to alternate at 1.5709 degrees.  

The euro also fell towards the brand new Zealand dollar with the aid of 0.12% to change at 1.6863 ranges.

Galaxy Digital unveils its sustainability plan and promotes clean bitcoin mining

 

Galaxy digital, the cryptocurrency buying and selling massive with massive mining operations, introduced “sustainability applications” Thursday geared toward enhancing the organization’s power use and social impact.

The middle principles of the program are “environment, Social effect and Governance,” or ESG, an concept that has end up regularly occurring in many large businesses, together with funding firm BlackRock.

In a press launch describing the initiative, Galaxy defined that the program will help the organization construct on its aim of a sustainable energy blend of more than 80% in smooth mining operations, a metric it says it finished late closing 12 months.

Our project is to power trade thru technology to in the long run build a higher world.

We take a look at Environmental, Social, and Institutional Governance.

Michael Novogratz, Founder, and CEO of Galaxy said:

The agency will submit its inaugural sustainability file later this year.

Galaxy’s new sustainability program, which gives few concrete info in the intervening time, comes at a time when the impact of the cryptocurrency industry is being scrutinized via a huge variety of regulators and activist corporations.

In might also ultimate yr, Galaxy dismissed critics’ claims that Bitcoin is catastrophic for the surroundings.

The initiative posted on Thursday shows that the corporation is making an attempt to take a more conciliatory method at a time of increasing social and environmental criticism of cryptocurrencies.

In phrases of the social and governance elements of the plan, Galaxy says those elements will consist of promoting diversity and inclusion, and making sure that ESG CEOs are a part of their day-to-day workflow.

Environmental and social activists are possibly to welcome the Galaxy declaration, and it can also strain different main crypto companies to comply with healthy.