Smart Fiber Optic Monitoring System Increases Resilience of Iran’s Nat’l Info Network
“The smart fiber optic monitoring system is a tool for continuous monitoring of the health of fiber networks,” said Hamzeh Beiranvand, an associate professor at the faculty of Electrical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology and the project manager for the development of a smart fiber optic monitoring system based on GIS information for fiber optic cables.
"Our goal was to reduce maintenance costs and increase the stability of communications. This system can intelligently identify fiber failures, pinpoint the exact location of the fault on the map, and detect the type of anomaly such as bending or improper connection with the help of artificial intelligence algorithms. As a result, frequent in-person visits to fiber routes will be eliminated and troubleshooting time will be significantly reduced,” he added.
Beiranvand explained that estimates have shown that using this system can reduce maintenance costs by up to 50 percent and significantly shorten troubleshooting time.
In a relevant development in 2023, an Iranian technology company had developed software to protect information from hackers and ransomware.
The software is able to create a strong barrier against penetration by creating protective layers.
The software is used to protect organizational information, and like other protection software, it is not easily destroyed and cannot be disabled.
Using various techniques ransomware infects external memory and can enter the target system.
Ransomware generally starts checking all resources connected to the system, including hard disk, external memory, sent folders and other information.
Then it quickly encrypts the available information after selecting the most critical user files.
By using this software, the user can determine the location of important information and mark it to protect that part of the server in a special way.
Protection against ransomware, hackers and vandals is one of the abilities of the software. It does not allow intrusion, destruction or theft of information.
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