The NYPD also maintains a "Ring of Steel, " a network of 4, 000 sophisticated security cameras that feed information into a central monitoring system to detect questionable or unlawful activity.

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To that picture, you have to add the entire context of cyber security, or Network and Information Security in the Digital Agenda for Europe.

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"I believe that as we increase our dependency on Internet of Things, and because it is not a fully stable technology per se, the probability of having problems increases, " says Evangeis Ouzounis, the head of the secure infrastructure and services unit at the European Network and Information Security Agency.

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On the other hand, these applications can present security risks, such as an unintended transfer of information and data on the smartphone via the network.

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The good news for RSA Information Security is that no company is immune to the advanced cyber threats brought on by this age of network connectively.

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