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To get the most from blockchain in government, a sharing mindset is needed

CGI

To get the most from blockchain in government, a sharing mindset is needed. Mon, 05/14/2018 - 00:45. Twenty-five years later, blockchain is here and can bring those use cases to life. Once a piece of data or transaction is written to a blockchain, it cannot be erased or modified. federal government.

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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. What’s that?

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Predictions 2018: How I Did. (Pretty Damn Well, Turns Out)

John Battelle's Searchblog

And 2018 does not disappoint. Here we go: Prediction #1: Crypto/blockchain dies as a major story. Cast yourself back to late 2017 when Bitcoin was pushing $20,000 and the entire tech sector was obsessed with blockchain everything. That came a few years later. And that kind of work doesn’t keep the public engaged all year long.”

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Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: eDiscovery Trends 2018

eDiscovery Daily

This is the seventh of the 2018 Legaltech New York (LTNY) Thought Leader Interview series. Jason is a member of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP ’s Information Governance and eDiscovery practice and co-chair of the Information Governance Initiative. Today’s thought leader is Jason R. Another big topic at the show has been GDPR.

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Weekly podcast: Browsealoud cryptojacking, Bee Token phishing and Olympic attacks

IT Governance

This week, we discuss the use of cryptocurrency mining software on numerous government websites, a phishing scam that robbed Bee Token investors of $1 million and cyber attacks on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Here are this week’s stories. Some call it cryptojacking. and NHS sites in the UK.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

Some technology trends such as real-time data analytics are on-going, while others are more recent, such as blockchain. That is almost 2000 times more data in less than 20 years (Press 2013, Patrizio 2018). More recent technology trends include Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) and Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS).

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Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation

Schneier on Security

This allows currencies to maintain their decentralized ledger—the blockchain—but requires enormous amounts of energy. Most notably, the “proof of stake” system enables participants to maintain their blockchain by depositing cryptocurrency holdings in a pool. It would increase government revenues.