Thursday, May 31, 2012

Have you Heard of MBANs?

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The FCC has voted to set aside protected broadband spectrum for wireless medical devices known as medical body area networks (MBANs). These sensors can monitor and read a patient’s vital signs wirelessly. By eliminating the cables that restrict a patient to their hospital bed, experts say the devices could transform the way patients' health is monitored. Read more..

SAML 101: What It Is, How It Works & Why It's Important



SAML stands for "Security Assertion Markup Language." It is an XML-based standard for communicating identity information between organizations used for enabling the secure transmittal of authentication tokens and other user attributes across Internet domains.