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Fighting 'Dark Web' Hackers
- IT
- 24/07/2017
The "dark web" is something hidden from most users of the internet. This is because the dark web lies within what is known as the deep web – a part...
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Are Wearables Dangerous for Health?

It’s been repeatedly stressed by healthcare practitioners how beyond a balanced diet and exercise, getting sufficient sleep is vital to our health and wellbeing. There are wearables that can already track our daily activities such as heart rate when we exercise and even the number of steps we have walked that day and the distance. In addition...
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Trapping Hackers
- IT
- 20/07/2017
The "art of deception network" provides an added dimension to the protection of sensitive health information. This new method uses little bits of...
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What can IEEE Contribute to Better Healthcare?

I have been a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for many years but when at conferences, still, I am met with disbelief when people ask me about my field of work and I reply: "I am a physician". Admittedly my one-in-three on call days are behind me and my focus has shifted to the more theoretical, academic field...
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Your CISO Better be Happy
- IT
- 18/07/2017
WannaCry, Petya and other attacks make the work of cybersecurity professionals more challenging. Often, they need to work long hours – even during...
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Designing Smart Homes for Care: Challenges and Questions

As some of us get older, we start to contemplate the care and support that we will require in our advanced years and how these might be provided to us at an acceptable quality, a manageable cost and with as little disruption to us and the people around us as possible. Smart homes (SH) are enabled by software and hardware solutions (and...
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Healthcare Robotics for Elderly Soars by 2025
- IT
- 11/07/2017
Use of healthcare assistive robots is increasing rapidly and this trend is seen revolutionising the eldercare industry. These robots generally perform...
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Precision Medicine: The Future Of Health

As science and technologies advance and demand continues to grow, healthcare systems have to evolve into a more sustainable model that maintains people’s wellness rather than just treating illness once it has occurred. Through a combination of proactive human interventions and decisions – supported and enabled by rich data and intelligence –...
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Staff Training to Prevent Hacking Attacks
- IT
- 04/07/2017
Insider-caused breaches have proved to be costly for a number of companies, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Forcepoint. Tech exper
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Risk Management: Cybersecurity
- IT
- 04/07/2017
A cyberattack does not occur spontaneously for it requires some planning and preparation. These attacks make use of a variety of techniques, including...
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