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Information Governance and the Records Lifecycle

The Texas Record

In a nutshell, this is information governance. ARMA defines “information governance” as “the overarching and coordinating strategy for all organizational information. But how is information governance any different than records management? ” That sounds great! The Records Lifecycle. Extra Phases.

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The Family That Mined the Pentagon's Data for Profit

WIRED Threat Level

The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency.

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Here’s why LinkedIn is a ‘gold mine’ for foreign spies digging for corporate and government secrets via CNBC

IG Guru

The post Here’s why LinkedIn is a ‘gold mine’ for foreign spies digging for corporate and government secrets via CNBC appeared first on IG GURU. A great article about how information can be used for nefarious purposes on LinkedIn.

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UK government using confidential patient data in coronavirus response

The Guardian Data Protection

Palantir, the US big data firm founded by the rightwing billionaire Peter Thiel, is working with Faculty, a British artificial intelligence startup, to consolidate government databases and help ministers and officials respond to the pandemic. The NHS declined to say which companies had offered the location data or how it would be used.

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Weekly podcast: Australian Cabinet Files, Matt Hancock MP’s app and Monero mining

IT Governance

This week, we discuss the Australian government’s loss of thousands of classified documents, DCMS Secretary of State Matt Hancock’s buggy new app and the growing trend of cybercriminals using cryptocurrency miners. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 2 February 2018. Here are this week’s stories.

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Privacy and Security of Data at Universities

Schneier on Security

Many sets of data, both research and grey, fall outside privacy regulations such as HIPAA, FERPA, and PII. Commercial entities are besieging universities with requests for access to data or for partnerships to mine them.

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MY TAKE: Poorly protected local government networks cast shadow on midterm elections

The Last Watchdog

It’s easy to think of it as a problem the federal government must address or something that enterprises deal with, but cybersecurity has to be addressed closer to home, as well. His company supplies a co-managed SIEM service to mid-sized and large enterprises, including local government agencies. I spoke to A.N. Election threat.