Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights provided a report to Congress on health information breaches from September 2009 through 2010, as required under the HITECH Act. Nearly 7.9 million Americans were affected by almost 30,800 health information breaches, according to the report.
TAB OnRecord
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
If you want to save on records storage space, you can do that by deploying high-density shelving, which allows you to increase storage capacity by up to 330% in a given area. Another way to save is by evaluating your records management practices. Properly managing records can help reduce the volume of records, both now… Read More. The post 4 records management best practices for maximizing storage capacity appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.
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Elie
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
In this paper, we present the first longitudinal measurement study of the underground ecosystem fueling credential theft and assess the risk it poses to millions of users. Over the course of March, 2016–March, 2017, we identify 788,000 potential victims of off-theshelf keyloggers; 12.4 million potential victims of phishing kits; and 1.9 billion usernames and passwords exposed via data breaches and traded on blackmarket forums.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
Over the course of four recent congressional hearings, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has somehow forgotten dozens of people, places, and events. Here's all of them in one place.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Over the course of human history, our life expectancy has been on an upward trend: increasing from 30 years (during prehistoric times) to 35 years (in the Classical Greek and Roman eras) to 48 years (in Medieval times). Better living conditions in the mid-20th century caused the average lifespan to jump to the 70-year mark. … The post Ten things impacting the world: living to 150 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Firm Paid Hackers $100,000, But Was It Bug Bounty Reward or Extortion Payoff? Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet about a 2016 breach that exposed 57 million accounts belonging to customers and drivers, Bloomberg reports. But was the payment a bug bounty, as Uber has suggested, or really an extortion payoff and hush money?
TAB OnRecord
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
Any place where you find physical files, you also find a great deal of unneeded documents. We regularly see physical records collections containing over 50 percent non-record content. These non-records include duplicates, convenience copies, and documents that have passed their required retention period. Need help getting rid of unneeded documents? Our TAB SMART program is… Read More.
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
Exclusive: Data includes employees’ names, user names, work phone numbers, work emails and system passwords The Department of Social Services has written to 8,500 current and former employees warning them their personal data held by a contractor has been breached. In letters sent in early November the department alerted the employees to “a data compromise relating to staff profiles within the department’s credit card management system prior to 2016”.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Security experts have warned of Intel's Management Engine for years. A new set of confirmed vulnerabilities that impact PCs, servers, and IoT devices shows they may have been right.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) is beginning to have a major impact in many industry sectors. IoT is a network of connected devices with embedded sensors othat can communicate, analyze and share data over the cloud. So far, the Retail sector has been slow to embrace IoT but it’s beginning to happen. Buying an Apple … The post How my Apple Watch gave me a window into a world of IoT in Retail appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
The tsunami of passwords that exist across every aspect of our digital life means that there’s a thriving underground industry of cyber-criminals trying to get at them. To borrow from Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “Each new morn, new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows slap Internet giants on the face”. The modern era of mass data breaches perhaps began in 2009, with the hack of 32 million account credentials held by software developer RockYou, in which a SQL injection attack revealed that passwo
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Numerous Manufacturers Must Prep and Distribute Customized Patches Security experts are readying for more details from chipmaker Intel about two classes of vulnerabilities in its chips that could put organizations' most trusted data at risk. Millions of computers are affected, and computer manufacturers must prep and distribute customized patches.
TAB OnRecord
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Records management teams have a key role to play in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Whether big or small, the sale of any corporate asset must be supported by accurate and complete records. These provide buyers with historical information, compliance documentation and other crucial records. Most importantly, complete and accurate records help demonstrate the full value… Read More.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Change is one of several to snooper’s charter law proposed by ministers in attempt to comply with European court ruling Senior police officers are to lose the power to self-authorise access to personal phone and web browsing records under a series of late changes to the snooper’s charter law proposed by ministers in an attempt to comply with a European court ruling on Britain’s mass surveillance powers.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
The bad news: Tuesday's missile test shows that North Korea's ICBM can likely hit the US. The slightly less bad news: It's still a long way off from actually doing so.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
Cyber attacks and data breaches are becoming so common that all organisations are likely to be hit at some point. Some organisations might use this as an excuse not to invest in cyber security, but it’s possible to reduce the risk and subsequent damage of an attack – and that option is a lot more affordable than waiting until it’s too late. For example, Maersk announced (warning: paywall) that it lost up to $300 million (about £225 million) after it was hit by NotPetya, and it still had to deal
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
In June of this year, Thales eSecurity joined the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a project both founded and managed by The Linux Foundation, with the aim of collaboratively enhancing and strengthening the security and resilience of critical Open Source projects. Many of the world’s largest technology companies already belong to the CII, with Thales being officially recognised as the first global security firm to join the initiative.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
A notice of proposed rulemaking from the HHS Office for Civil Rights that would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule standard for accounting of disclosures of protected health information and add new requirements for access reports.
IBM Big Data Hub
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Machine learning concerns in Silicon Valley tend to be different from those elsewhere in the U.S. — and outside of the U.S. So, here are five tips for those hearing about machine learning efforts in Silicon Valley, but who work elsewhere. These suggestions consider where machine learning and data science are headed on a large scale — as opposed to the fascinating (but often narrow) research happening in Silicon Valley.
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
The sheer volume of data Facebook has on you is difficult to comprehend, which makes it incredibly creepy – and ripe for conspiracy theories Last week, Facebook issued yet another denial that the company eavesdrops on its users to target them with adverts. “Just not true,” said Rob Goldman, the company’s head of ad product , in response to an open query from podcast Reply All.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 5, 2017
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have exploded in value—making them an ever-more attractive target for scammers and hackers. Here's how to protect investment.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
There are few resources that can match the in-depth, comprehensive detail of a good book. As Charles William Eliot, the famed president of Harvard University, once said, “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”. Books also serve as valuable resources for IT professionals looking to broaden their knowledge.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us with both the biggest online and offline shopping events just around the corner. The one-two punch of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the highest volume shopping days of the year and finding the best deals can be a hobby in itself. In 2016, 108.5 million Americans shopped online over the long weekend.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
The Final FFIEC Guidance has been issued and its main intent is to reinforce the 2005 Guidance's risk management framework and update the Agencies' expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, or other controls in the increasingly hostile online environment.
OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Essentially, all organizations need to find and manage content for information governance or regulatory compliance and also for internal or regulatory investigations. Responding in a quick and cost-effective manner is directly related to how effectively an organization can identify, collect, analyze and act on all relevant information. Since most business communications and activities take place … The post OpenText File Intelligence appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Cross-party support for amendment looks likely to lead to defeat for the government, which favours a code of practice Technology firms could be subjected to tough new regulations to protect the privacy and mental health of children as a result of a cross-party campaign that is likely to inflict a defeat on the government within weeks. An amendment from the crossbencher and film director Beeban Kidron to a bill going through the House of Lords has won the support of senior Tories, Labour and the
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Opinion: The US argues that police can access cell phone records freely because customers volunteer that data. But cell phones are no longer optional.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Last week I wrote about my upcoming congressional testimony and wow - you guys are awesome! Seriously, the feedback there was absolutely sensational and it's helped shape what I'll be saying to the US Congress, including lifting specific wording and phrases provided by some of you. Thank you! As I explained in that first blog post, I'm required to submit a written testimony 48 hours in advance of the event.
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