Data Breach Today
JANUARY 30, 2018
CIA Chief Warns Russia Is Seeking to Influence US Midterm Elections How effective are nation-backed trolls at influencing individuals via social media? An analysis of Russian trolls' accounts suggests they're designed for "causing havoc by pushing ideas, engaging other users or even taking both sides of controversial online discussions.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 30, 2018
The OpenText™ Business Network blog post Top Ten Supply Chain Predictions for 2018, prediction #9 Augmented Reality Technology — talks about how the growing number of products embedded with sensors blurs the line between a physical object and its digital twin. It also indicates an increased focus on the security of information exchanged from these … The post Connected Device Data Exchange – Who’s Minding the Store on Security?
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 30, 2018
Private Sector Already Has Sufficient Incentives to Build Secure Mobile Systems The White House, fearing China is spying on phone calls, has suggested that the U.S. government take a primary role in marshaling the development of secure 5G networks. But would nationalizing 5G networks make them more secure?
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 30, 2018
While helpful and creative, Chrome extensions have also become a new playground for hackers intent on stealing your data.
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.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 30, 2018
A class action lawsuit filed against Allscripts in the wake of a ransomware attack that recently disrupted patient care at hundreds of healthcare practices will spotlight a variety of critical security and legal issues, says Steven Teppler, the plaintiffs' attorney, in this in-depth interview.
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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JANUARY 30, 2018
The UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) DEFCON 658 aims to protect the defence supply chain from cyber threats. Impacting directly the MoD’s suppliers – or indeed would-be suppliers – it applies to any contract containing sensitive departmental information. As of April 2017, its introduction has ratcheted up pressure on those suppliers wishing to partake in lucrative government contracts, thus ensuring that any cyber risks are handled and mitigated appropriately.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 30, 2018
In the regulatory compliance world, a lot has been written over the past two years introducing organizations to the new European data privacy regulation and why they should be concerned. It got your attention when pundits warned that your organization was still impacted even if it doesn’t have operations in the European Union. You took … The post GDPR – stop delaying, it’s time to get to work appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 30, 2018
The greatest grandmasters in chess think five moves ahead. In IT, even thinking five moves ahead isn’t enough. A lot of things can happen, planned and unplanned, within the first five moves of an IT strategy deployment that cause a significant amount of disruption both concurrently and long afterward.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 30, 2018
Let’s face it. Some sections of the manufacturing industries have been slow in adopting a customer-centric approach to their business. In fact, recent research from Industry Week and OpenText found that digital leaders were almost twice as likely to be using their Digital Transformation initiatives to create an omnichannel customer experience that provides a consistent … The post Applying Digital Asset Management (DAM) to improve manufacturing operations appeared first on OpenText Bl
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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.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 30, 2018
For just over $1,000, a phishing operation successfully spied on members of the Tibetan community for 19 months, Toronto University's Citizen Lab found.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 30, 2018
US regulators and Facebook are finally coming for bogus ICOs.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 30, 2018
Local residents are opposing adding an elevator to a subway station because terrorists might use it to detonate a bomb. No, really. There's no actual threat analysis, only fear: "The idea that people can then ride in on the subway with a bomb or whatever and come straight up in an elevator is awful to me," said Claudia Ward, who lives in 15 Broad Street and was among a group of neighbors who denounced the plan at a recent meeting of the local community board.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 30, 2018
In the future of digital extortion, ransomware isn't the only weapon, and database files and servers won't be the only targets.
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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.
Threatpost
JANUARY 30, 2018
Cisco Systems released a patch Monday to fix a critical security vulnerability, with a CVSS rating of 10, in its Secure Sockets Layer VPN solution called Adaptive Security Appliance.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 30, 2018
Losses at Japanese exchange Coincheck surpass those of the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange hack in 2014, and may be largest-ever cryptocurrency theft.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
JANUARY 30, 2018
Aetna will pay almost $17.2 million to settle a federal class action lawsuit stemming from a 2017 mailing that disclosed the HIV status of health plan members. Aetna also agreed last week to pay a $1.15 million fine to the state of New York after the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s (NY AG) investigation into Aetna’s alleged violations of federal and state privacy laws.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 30, 2018
On January 23, 2018, the New York Attorney General announced that Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”) agreed to pay $1.15 million and enhance its privacy practices following an investigation alleging it risked revealing the HIV status of 2,460 New York residents by mailing them information in transparent window envelopes. In July 2017, Aetna sent HIV patients information on how to fill their prescriptions using envelopes with large clear plastic windows, through which patient names, addresses, claims numbers a
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Data Protection Report
JANUARY 30, 2018
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 (NDAA), [1] signed into law in December 2017, did not only authorize United States defense spending for the 2018 fiscal year – it also contained a section devoted to unmanned aerial systems. The law notably reinstated [2] a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) registration rule requiring the registration of all unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) weighing between 0.55 and 55 pounds (between approximately.025 and 25 kilograms) with the FAA.
Hanzo Learning Center
JANUARY 30, 2018
New York - January 29, 2018 -- Hanzo , the world leader in collecting meaningful, dynamic content with confidence, will bring a new strategic integration to the Relativity platform. The integration, which automates processes and streamlines costs in collecting dynamic, unstructured content in its original native format, will be unveiled at LegalWeek 2018, with a full release coming in February.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 30, 2018
The technique is easy to carry out and can cause much damage. Here's what you need to know about fighting back.
Information Management Resources
JANUARY 30, 2018
Organizations are producing larger amounts of information than ever before and there needs to be efficient ways to categorize and interpret it all. That’s where artificical intelligence comes in.
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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.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 30, 2018
Here are six key measures for enterprises to prioritize over the next few months.
eDiscovery Daily
JANUARY 30, 2018
As noted yesterday , Legaltech® New York (LTNY) is happening this week and eDiscovery Daily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. There’s still time to check out the show if you’re in the New York area with a number of sessions available and over 200 exhibitors providing information on their products and services, including our company, CloudNine at booth #533.
Unwritten Record
JANUARY 30, 2018
Still taken from “Gettysburg 75th Anniversary” (Local Identifier: 79-HFC-320). The Battlefield at Gettysburg is primarily known for two things. First, over three days, July 1 through July 3, 1863 the bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place there. Second, it was the site of The Gettysburg Address, the famous speech that President Abraham Lincoln delivered four and a half months after the battle on November 19.
Information Management Resources
JANUARY 30, 2018
As the value of cryptocurrencies has appreciated, ransom-based attacks provide an opportunity for hackers to cash out for lucrative gains months later.
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IT Governance
JANUARY 30, 2018
In today’s evolving threat landscape, traditional cyber security measures such as firewalls and antivirus software are proving inadequate. To ensure your organisation’s survival in 2018, you must achieve cyber resilience. Cyber security threats are on the rise, with over 800 million records leaked in 2017 ( find out more in our breaches and hacks blog archive ), so it is important that your business is prepared.
Information Management Resources
JANUARY 30, 2018
Stuart Squires of the consultancy Comma Group reflects on the skills and opportunities that helped prepare him for his current role, and how others can boost their career.
Data Protection Report
JANUARY 30, 2018
A new state law places California businesses on the front line in responding to federal immigration enforcement actions. Effective January 1, 2018, AB 450 requires California employers to protect employees and their private information from warrantless “workplace raids” and I-9 form demands, and to warn employees who become targets of an immigration investigation.
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