Mike Dow

Mike Dow is Senior Product Manager- IoT Security at Silicon Labs. He has worked in the semiconductor industry for Motorola, Freescale, NXP, and now Silicon Labs for the past 25 years. He has a Professional Engineering License in the state of Texas. He has extensive experience driving and participating in wireless standards organizations such as IEEE and ISA and helped form the Wireless Industrial Technology Consortium (WiTECK) where he filled the position of Chair and President from 2007-2009. He has worked for the last 11 years in the roles of Business Development, New Product Development, and Marketing where he specializes in Security, Connectivity, IoT, Industrial IoT, Point of Sale, and Smart Energy verticals.

Rise of ransomware: Why OT is a prime target for cybercriminals

Mike Dow

August 31, 2020

While the burgeoning world of IoT has transformed the ways in which we live and work, the world of IoT has also caught the attention of cybercriminals. As IoT devices become increasingly more advanced, hackers have simultaneously become more sophisticated in their attacks, often targeting pre-existing security loopholes to gain access to company systems.

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Rise of ransomware: Why OT is a prime target for cybercriminals

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