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Digital transformation

Protecting against cyber attacks in biometric technologies

Biometrics has been around for centuries in the form of fingerprinting, but with advances in technology, its use has exploded everywhere. However, where technology grows, cyber criminals flow.
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From low-voltage switchgear to the safety of machinery

Silvio Förtsch has been nominated Chair of IEC Technical Committee 44, which prepares standards in the field of the application of electrotechnical equipment and systems to machinery.
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Digital transformation

Artificial intelligence: enhancing the trustworthiness of neural networks

The newly published international standard, ISO/IEC 24029-2 focuses on formal assessment methods for gauging the robustness of neural networks.
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Digital transformation

New standard to keep web developers on top of the game

In the mere 30 years since the internet was first launched, there are now more than a billion websites globally, and over half of all web traffic comes via mobile phones. Developers need to keep up.
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IEC 60793-1-44:2023 Commented version
Optical fibres - Part 1-44: Measurement methods and test procedures - Cut-off wavelength
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