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Perspective Check: InfoGov Short Cuts

Weissman's World

Sorry, kids, but there just aren’t any more short-cuts to good information governance than there are in serious mountaineering. The best I can tell you is to leverage the same sort of disciplined project management skills in infogov as you would in any other initiative you engage in. The post Perspective Check: InfoGov Short Cuts appeared first on Holly Group.

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Google Filters Annoying Ads But Does Nothing for Security

Data Breach Today

Experts Say New Functionality Ignores Wider Privacy and Security Concerns Google has begun activating a new feature in Chrome that will block 12 types of intrusive advertisements. But some security experts say the online advertising industry needs to solve the malware and privacy problems that have caused users to turn to ad-blocking and anti-tracking tools.

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And the survey said. Make your voice heard on the future of Information Management

AIIM

There’s a lot going on in the content management space right now. The "scale" of information challenges is getting bigger by the day -- bigger files, more of them, in wildly varying formats and in demand across more and more applications and processes. Our State of the Industry survey this year is focused on better understanding these information management challenges.

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Supreme Court Won't Review CareFirst Data Breach Case

Data Breach Today

Case Now Heads Back to Lower Court for Potential Trial The Supreme Court has declined to review the data breach case involving CareFirst, and so now the class action lawsuit against the health insurer is headed back to a Washington federal trial court. The breach case would have been the first of its kind considered by the nation's highest court.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Inside the Mueller Indictment: A Russian Novel of Intrigue

WIRED Threat Level

The cast of characters revealed in the special counsel's epic indictment is drawn from the overlapping circles of oligarchs, spooks, and mob figures.

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Losing sleep over governance? Get your users on board

OpenText Information Management

Many of you are losing sleep over the state of your content. You know its not adequately managed and governed. You know users hoard it unsecured on their desktops, in cloud repositories, in file shares. They circumvent the established protocols and established systems you’ve put in place. With GDPR looming and a parade of corporate … The post Losing sleep over governance?

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APT37: Inside the Toolset of an Elite North Korean Hacker Group

WIRED Threat Level

Security researcher at FireEye break down the arsenal of APT37, a North Korean hacker team coming into focus as a rising threat.

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Collaboration made easy through seamless editing and co-authoring

OpenText Information Management

After working for 18 years at a technology company deemed market leader in Content Services, one would expect that my own content management practices would be stellar. Well, as I learned this week when my hard drive crashed, they were, in fact, not. The bulk of my day-to-day content still resided in my desktop folder … The post Collaboration made easy through seamless editing and co-authoring appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Hackers Hijacked Tesla's Cloud to Mine Cryptocurrency

WIRED Threat Level

The recent rash of cryptojacking attacks has hit a Tesla database that contained potentially sensitive information.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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What's in store for a data scientist at Think 2018

IBM Big Data Hub

Getting the most from a data science agenda requires more than data scientists. At Think, you’ll learn to view data science as a team sport, involving multiple roles and appropriate tools that help organizations tap into the benefits data science can bring wherever the business opportunity is.

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Facebook Will Verify the Physical Location of Ad Buyers with Paper Postcards

Schneier on Security

It's not a great solution, but it's : The process of using postcards containing a specific code will be required for advertising that mentions a specific candidate running for a federal office, Katie Harbath, Facebook's global director of policy programs, said. The requirement will not apply to issue-based political ads, she said. "If you run an ad mentioning a candidate, we are going to mail you a postcard and you will have to use that code to prove you are in the United States," Harbath said a

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Year-Old Coldroot RAT Targets MacOS, Still Evades Detection

Threatpost

Researchers are warning users about the Coldroot remote access Trojan that is going undetected by AV engines and targets MacOS computers.

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Trend Micro Tipping Point: IDPS Product Overview and Analysis

eSecurity Planet

We review Trend Micro's intrusion prevention solution, which blocks malicious traffic at up to 120 Gbps while providing comprehensive threat intelligence.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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Flight Sim Labs’ ‘Heavy Handed’ Anti-Piracy Tactics Raise Hackles

Threatpost

Developer Flight Sim Labs is in hot water after acknowledging that it has installed malware in its flight simulator product that it said targets pirate users of its software.

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Researcher to Release Free Attack Obfuscation Tool

Dark Reading

Cybercrime gang FIN7, aka Carbanak, spotted hiding behind another Windows function, according to research to be presented at Black Hat Asia next month.

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Data pros waste half of their work time chasing costly data

Information Management Resources

Analytics professionals are spending more time governing, searching and preparing data than they are on extracting business value, says a new study from IDC.

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SWIFT Network Used in $2 Million Heist at Indian Bank

Dark Reading

The theft at India's City Union Bank comes on the heels of news that attackers stole $6 million from a Russian bank via SWIFT network last year.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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8 Top Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems

eSecurity Planet

Intrusion detection and prevention systems spot hackers as they attempt to breach a network. We review eight of the top IDPS appliances to help you choose.

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Proactive Threat Hunting: Taking the Fight to the Enemy

Dark Reading

Pulling together everything your security team needs to be effective at threat hunting is not easy but it's definitely worthwhile. Here's why.

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Network Rail: On Track for Cloud Archival

Preservica

Vicky Stretch, Archivist at Network Rail, speaks to Storage Magazine about engaging audiences through Preservica enabling them to discover both the history of the railways and Network Rails role in delivering a 21st century railway infrastructure. "We're handling and preserving our records using Preservica to engage people in both the history of the railway and in Network Rail's role in delivering a 21st century railway infrastructure.

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KnowledgeLake to Sponsor and Exhibit at Nintex xchange Conference in San Diego

Info Source

ST. LOUIS, Missouri – February 20, 2018 – KnowledgeLake, Inc., a leading process and document automation company, will exhibit at the Nintex xchange 2018 Conference from February 26-28 in San Diego, CA. KnowledgeLake will demonstrate, within the Partner Networking Zone, a powerful, 100% browser-based document imaging and processing platform that imports, processes and routes content to multiple repositories.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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New York permits discovery of “private” social media posts

Data Protection Report

On February 13, 2018, in Forman v. Henkin , 2018 NY Slip Op 01015, New York’s highest state court unanimously ruled that “private” social media posts may be subject to discovery in civil lawsuits. The Facts. This personal injury case began when the plaintiff fell from a horse owned by the defendant, allegedly due to a defective stirrup breaking. As a result of that fall, the plaintiff alleged that she suffered both spinal and brain injuries, causing, among other things, difficulties with her a

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Hillstone NIPS: IDPS Product Overview and Analysis

eSecurity Planet

We review Hillstone's intrusion prevention system, which offers anti-virus, application control, advanced threat detection, abnormal behavior detection and a cloud sandbox.

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Meltdown/Spectre: The First Large-Scale Example of a 'Genetic' Threat

Dark Reading

These vulnerabilities mark an evolutionary leap forward, and companies must make fighting back a priority.

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Entrust IoTrust Identity and Data Security: IDPS Product Overview and Analysis

eSecurity Planet

We review Entrust IoTrust Identity and Data Security, an intrusion prevention system that establishes trusted identities across IoT infrastructures.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Don’t Panic, but the Countdown is on and GDPR is Coming!: Data Privacy Trends

eDiscovery Daily

I have a “panic button” on my desk. Are you panicking about the upcoming Europe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) yet? If so, see below. I stumbled across an EU GDPR countdown clock yesterday. As of when I’m writing this, the clock says there are 92 days, 22 hours, 11 minutes and 08 seconds “Until the EU GDPR comes into force” (on May 25th).

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Darktrace Enterprise Immune System: IDPS Product Overview and Analysis

eSecurity Planet

We review Darktrace, which hopes to disrupt the IDPS market with its Enterprise Immune System machine learning and AI technology for cyber defense.

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Vulnerabilities Broke Records Yet Again in 2017

Dark Reading

Meanwhile, organizations still struggle to manage remediation.

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