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Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Industrial Control Systems (IC32) provides a detailed look at how the ISA/IEC 62443 standards framework can be used to protect critical control systems ...

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If managing a growing list of apps for your smart home feels overwhelming, try these top practices to keep everything organized and under control.

If you’ve got an RTL-SDR compatible receiver, you’ve probably used it for picking up signals from all kinds of weird things. Now, [Jaron McDaniel] has built a tool to integrate many ...

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