WiFi management Archives

Remote working drives ransomware epidemic: How ISPs can protect their business customers

by Ronald Peters | Jul 9, 2021 | Trusted Home

As COVID-19 restrictions forced millions to work from home, many employers made hasty provision for remote working. Cybercriminals responded with an epidemic of ransomware attacks that paralyzed all kinds of businesses. With many companies now choosing for hybrid work-from-office/work-from-home policies, Irdeto’s Ronald Peters looks at how ISPs have an opportunity to help their business subscribers implement successful, secure home worker programs.

Bandwidth Battles – Helping households get a handle on their broadband usage

by Ronald Peters | May 31, 2021 | Trusted Home

In most parts of the world, we appear to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel where it comes to COVID. With it, panic buying has disappeared but one thing that may stay in short supply is broadband bandwidth in the homes. Irdeto’s Trusted Home solution has some new features that are helping Internet Service Providers keep the peace in subscriber households beset by bandwidth battles.

Fast track to be a better broadband experience – A Trusted Home turnkey mesh Wi-Fi solution

by Ronald Peters | Apr 30, 2021 | Trusted Home

Irdeto’s Trusted Home offers attractive advanced features to broadband subscribers and is vendor agnostic so it can be installed on any brand of router. But many service providers want to fast-track their roll-out of mesh Wi-Fi, so Irdeto has partnered with Motorola to offer a turnkey solution of Trusted Home pre-installed on high-performance mesh Wi-Fi routers.

Money talks: Calculating the benefits of connected home management

by Ronald Peters | Jan 29, 2021 | Trusted Home

When talking about WiFi management or broadband security, should the first question service providers ask is “how much is it going to cost me?” Obviously a natural question for any business to ask when security is seen as a cost center. A better question, however, is “how much is it going to save me?” Until now, the financial case for Trusted Home has been made only with statistics about the average difference our customers see when they deploy Trusted Home. But now, we can quantify the benefits in currency terms, and we’re giving broadband service providers the chance to do it for themselves with our new Trusted Home benefits calculator.
The results are eye-opening.

Cybersecurity in the 5G era: Nightmare or opportunity?

by Ronald Peters | Jun 9, 2020 | Trusted Home

5G is revolutionizing connectivity in the home and on the move. But broadband service providers must consider the security implications. Irdeto recently joined a Telecoms World Asia webinar on Cybersecurity Threats in the 5G era. A key takeaway was the potential for security to be a big competitive differentiator.

COVID 19 Lockdown: What ISPs should learn about parental controls

by Ronald Peters | Apr 28, 2020 | Trusted Home

Coronavirus has added a new dimension to family battles over screen time and web-use. These challenges will persist once lockdowns end. How can broadband service providers ensure they are giving families the parental control tools they really need?

After COVID19: Could your employer dictate your choice of home ISP?

by Ronald Peters | Apr 8, 2020 | Trusted Home

As Coronavirus enforces unprecedented home working, hackers are also hard at work exploiting our fears. Insecure home networks are making this a giant cybersecurity challenge for employers. In the future, could homeworkers be forced to choose broadband from an ISP that has been security-approved by their company?

Will ISPs face a backlash as millions work from home?

by Ronald Peters | Mar 20, 2020 | Trusted Home

Millions of us are working from home as COVID-19 restrictions take hold. For some, Wi-Fi strength is going to be a significant challenge. How will this experience change the way we work – and choose broadband suppliers – in the future? And what can ISPs do now to prepare?

Smart Home Management: How to give subscribers what they really want

by Irdeto | Feb 8, 2020 | Trusted Home

In recent posts, I’ve examined key questions ISPs should ask when procuring smart home management including security, accuracy, flexibility and futureproofing. But now let’s focus on features to delight subscribers, build loyalty, reduce churn and boost ARPU.

How to future-proof subscriber smart homes? The secret is open standards

by Irdeto | Feb 2, 2020 | Trusted Home

A wise computer scientist once said, “The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from.” But which standards matter in smart homes? From OpenWRT and RDK to EasyMesh and CHIPS, it’s an essential question to ask during procurement of smart home management systems.

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