John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

National brands with established audiences (the Times , the Journal , the Washington Post ) managed to grow during the digital transition, and cable and local television news outlets are still pumping out ads for pharmaceuticals, but for anyone else… All I can say is good luck, and godspeed. Make the government pay for it.

Government 64

Government Healthcare IT 64

Data Protection Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Importantly, note the new law’s definition of consumer : “a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context.” Census Bureau reported that the population of Virginia in 2019 was approximately 8.5

Personal data 64

Personal data GDPR Healthcare Sales 64

Positively RIM

APRIL 16, 2014

Day 2 of the first ARMA/Sedona Executive Conference on Information Governance turned toward technology and law. While enabling quick delivery can be important, using algorithms for alerts to medical conditions or pharmaceutical needs can be life-saving. Why is Big Data significant for Information Governance?

Big data 40

Big data Information governance Healthcare Government 40

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.

Insurance 91

Insurance Government Cybersecurity Risk 91

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. Kim Zetter’s book, Countdown to Zero Day, is perhaps the definitive book on the subject. My name is Tom Van Norman. Van Norman: Absolutely.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Risk IT 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

So of course when I saw that some researchers were presenting a talk at SecTor 2021 in Toronto on defeating biometrics with artificial intelligence, well I knew I had to talk to them as well. So, secure facilities like data centers or you get into government facilities that are controlling do DoD type facilities.

Authentication 52

Authentication Passwords Artificial Intelligence IT 52