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Finding the treasure in governement information management

CILIP

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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e-Records 2017: “Teacher Retirement System of Texas: The Information Governance Journey”

The Texas Record

This is the seventh post of a multi-part recap of the 2017 e-Records Conference. Presentation materials from the conference are available on the e-Records 2017 website. Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed. TSLAC Wants Your Electronic Records. Data Protection and Information Governance across Data Silos.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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Delaware County, Pennsylvania, opted to pay 500K ransom to DoppelPaymer gang

Security Affairs

“The County of Delaware recently discovered a disruption to portions of its computer network. We commenced an immediate investigation that included taking certain systems offline and working with computer forensic specialists to determine the nature and scope of the event.

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Booter Boss Interviewed in 2014 Pleads Guilty

Krebs on Security

pleaded guilty this week to one count of conspiracy to cause damage to Internet-connected computers and for his role in owning, administering and supporting illegal “booter” or “stresser” services designed to knock Web sites offline, including exostress[.]in Usatyuk of Orland Park, Ill. in , quezstresser[.]com

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US Army stopped using floppy disks as storage for SACCS system that manages nuclear weapons arsenal

Security Affairs

The news is quite curious, the US military will no longer use 8-inch floppy disks in an antiquated computer (SACCS) to manage nuclear weapons arsenal. The use of 8-inch floppy disks was also confirmed by a report published by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). “Any electronic repair is going to take a lot of work.

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DDoS-for-Hire Services operator sentenced to 13 months in prison

Security Affairs

The defendant made hundreds of thousands of dollars by launching millions of DDoS attacks with the platforms he was operating with a co-conspirator from August 2015 to November 2017. The man was sentenced on one count of conspiracy to cause damage to internet-connected computers for launching millions of DDoS attacks. The Chief U.S.