In early 2021, Americans living on the East Coast got a sharp lesson on the growing importance of cybersecurity in the energy industry. A ransomware attack hit the company that operates the Colonial Pipeline--the major infrastructure artery that carries almost half of all liquid fuels from the Gulf Coast to the eastern United States. Knowing that at least some of their computer systems had been compromised, and unable to be certain about the extent of their problems, the company was forced to resort to a brute-force solution: shut down the whole pipeline. Leo Simonovich is vice president and global head of industrial cyber and digital security at Siemens Energy. The interruption of fuel delivery had huge consequences.

LOLA, the fake news detection platform designed by Dr. David Lopez was recently used to uncover the online bullies of Greta Thunberg Fake news has become a menace that has resulted in bullying of unsuspecting victims. People fall prey to these fake tabloids and the age of social media makes it easier for them to generate hate in a matter of minutes. There are scores of these hoax newsrooms which spread wrong news disguised as authentic information via mediums like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. These platforms amplify the news effect manifold and drive traffic to the fake news site. The main agenda behind such sites are generally monetary or political.

Along with the hardware and software sectors, the drone services market is the largest segment in the commercial drone industry with the strongest expansion. According to the market research report "Global Drone Service Market Analysis & Trends – Industry Forecast to 2025", the drone services market is estimated at USD 4.4 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach USD 63.6 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 55.9% from 2019 to 2025. This is a huge opportunity for drone service providers. The key for capturing a share of this growing market is to offer turnkey business solutions beyond data capture, such as mapping, surveying and specialized geospatial analytics. With more and more business relying on location data to optimize their day-to-day operations and planning or gain first-hand market insights.

Ever since the rise of big data enterprises of all sizes have been in a state of uncertainty. Today we have more data available than ever before, but few have been able to implement the procedures to turn this data into insights. To the human eye, there is just too much data to process. Tim Keary looks at anomaly detection in this first of a series of articles. Unmanageable datasets have become a problem as organizations are needing to make faster decision in real-time.