Data Breach Today
JULY 3, 2018
History Has Proven That Data Often Gets Lost, Stolen, Misused Numerous technology firms now offer facial biometrics recognition search tools for big data sets. But information security expert Alan Woodward warns that these big data sets must be "considered and regulated very heavily" or else we'll be "living in 1984 without knowing it.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
JULY 3, 2018
Judging by the number of calls and the intensity of the discussions about how to comply with the cookie consent requirement in a post-GDPR world, this issue has become a top worry for organisations and data protection officers. Partly due to the visibility of the mechanisms used to collect this consent, and partly due to the potential implications of operating a website without cookies, the dilemma around what solution to deploy has become a serious business decision.
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Information Management Resources
JULY 3, 2018
Regulators developed ePR because the volume and complexity of digital data are increasing exponentially and the environment for generating, storing and consuming it can be quite different from more traditional formats.
Data Breach Today
JULY 3, 2018
Kaspersky's Bhayani on Evolving to Predictive Analytics and Response With endpoint security, the fundamental concept was always to detect and prevent. Mature security strategies today are increasingly looking at response and remediation as well to complete the cycle, says Shrenik Bhayani of Kaspersky Lab.
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.
AIIM
JULY 3, 2018
Digital disruption calls for digital leaders with the skills and experience to optimize information assets and transform business. The AIIM Certified Information Professional (CIP) designation has come to represent a badge of competency and knowledge for those entrusted with the task of building an information strategy. But, what do our CIPs say about the certification?
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Dark Reading
JULY 3, 2018
Cybercriminals are increasingly turning to cryptojacking over ransomware for a bigger payday. Here's what enterprises need to know in order to protect their digital assets and bank accounts.
Data Breach Today
JULY 3, 2018
Fortinet's Patrick Grillo Talks Cloud Security Essentials for Digital Innovation Businesses undertaking digital transformation - typically involving a push to the cloud, amongst other initiatives - must put security first if they want their project to achieve optimum success, says Fortinet's Patrick Grillo.
IT Governance
JULY 3, 2018
Shred-it’s 2018 State of the Industry Report has revealed that 30% of UK companies that suffered a data breach terminated an employee’s contract for related negligence. . 1,000 small business owners, 1,000 C-suite executives of large organisations and 1,100 consumers/employees took part in the research, which also revealed that: . 88% of C-suites and 49% of small businesses believe that employee negligence is one of the biggest information security risks to their organisation; . 55% of larg
Data Breach Today
JULY 3, 2018
Exposed Personal Data Comes From Completed Survey Responses Companies are sending notification emails about a data breach at Typeform, a software-as-a-service platform for distributing and managing surveys, questionnaires and competitions. The breach is so far known to affect Travelodge, Fortnum & Mason, Monzo bank and the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 3, 2018
As the push for more digital privacy grows, the question is whether the courts or lawmakers will step up to protect our rights—or if it will fall through the cracks.
Data Breach Today
JULY 3, 2018
AlienVault's Mike LaPeters Talks Skill Shortages, Better Incident Response The difficulty in hiring new information security personnel and need to combat the ever-rising number of threats is driving many organizations to seek increased incident response automation, and in many cases to get it by working with managed security service providers, says AlienVault's Mike LaPeters.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 3, 2018
For many organizations, July and August are synonymous with holidays. And, while we all want to disconnect, no one does this completely given how connected we all are. Some successfully disconnect from work, but if they check the news on their phone, call an Uber, watch Netflix on an iPad or sign up for a yoga class via an app, they are still very much connected.
Data Breach Today
JULY 3, 2018
Outpost24's Bob Egner Talks Application Security, Agile Development, SecDevOps As organizations move more data into the cloud, too many are treating security as an afterthought, says Outpost24's Bob Egner. Instead, as part of an agile development program, he recommends making penetration testing a constant, and using solid DevSecOps to maintain optimal cloud data security.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 3, 2018
To keep malware at bay, the GEOINT App Store has created a screening process that no commercial platform could ever match.
Data Breach Today
JULY 3, 2018
Cryptocurrency money laundering is increasing dramatically, being already three times greater than in 2017. And we're only half way through the year, observes Dave Jevans, Founder and CEO of CipherTrace, and chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
eSecurity Planet
JULY 3, 2018
VIDEO: Tom Parker of Accenture Security discusses how organizations should budget for cybersecurity - and make the most of what they already have.
Dark Reading
JULY 3, 2018
Others should boost their security controls to get in sync with AB 375. or get ready to be sued hundreds of dollars for each personal record exposed in a breach.
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OpenText Information Management
JULY 3, 2018
In March, Grand View Research suggested that the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market will be worth over $24 billion by 2020. This healthy growth will be achieved in part, the research firm says, through the increasing popularity of bring-your-own-identity (BYOI). BYOI offers speed and convenience for users, but do the risks still outweigh the … The post Bring your own identity (BYOI) appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Schneier on Security
JULY 3, 2018
The California legislature unanimously passed the strongest data privacy law in the nation. This is great news, but I have a lot of reservations. The Internet tech companies pressed to get this law passed out of self-defense. A ballot initiative was already going to be voted on in November, one with even stronger data privacy protections. The author of that initiative agreed to pull it if the legislature passed something similar, and that's why it did.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 3, 2018
As reported in BNA Privacy Law Watch , on June 27, 2018, Equifax entered into a consent order (the “Order”) with 8 state banking regulators (the “Multi-State Regulatory Agencies”), including those in New York and California, arising from the company’s 2017 data breach that exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers. Equifax’s key obligations under the terms of the Order include: (1) developing a written risk assessment; (2) establishing a formal and documented Internal Audit Progr
Dark Reading
JULY 3, 2018
The first half of 2018 saw more cryptocurrency theft than all of 2017 combined, driving a rise in digital money laundering as criminals elude authorities.
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Preservica
JULY 3, 2018
You may have seen the announcement this week about a joint project funded by Jisc and combing the research efforts of Arkivum , Archivematica , Preservica and the Open Preservation Foundation to share information on digital preservation best practice. As part of this new team I am happy to share my thoughts on how it came about and where it could lead to.
Cyber Info Veritas
JULY 3, 2018
According to data by Norwich University, despite cyber-threats increasing rapidly year after year, the skill gap is monumental. In fact, Cisco reports a shortage of over 1,000,000 cyber professionals. The lack of qualified cybersecurity professionals is one of the main reasons why we are yet unable to get a handle on cybercrimes. By having more cybersecurity professionals, we can enhance security.
The Security Ledger
JULY 3, 2018
Because of its potential to earn hackers millions in a steady stream of cash, Kaspersky Labs has deemed crypto-jacking the new ransomware in a report that arrived just as researchers spotted two new types of malware targeting the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies. In its report released last Wednesday, Kaspersky declared that crypto-mining. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories Akamai Report finds DDoS Attacks more Sophisticated, Adaptive Evasive new botnet can take over enterprise
OpenText Information Management
JULY 3, 2018
When major acquisitions happen, market analysts, competitors, customers, and employees alike are watching closely to determine what’s next. In fact, employees like me were not terribly nervous when OpenText™ – a long-standing leader in enterprise content management – acquired Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division in January 2017. In fact, we assured our customers that OpenText … The post With a focus on seamless sharing across domains, OpenText Documentum for Life Sciences 16.
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Threatpost
JULY 3, 2018
After users complained online that their Galaxy devices are randomly sending photos to contacts, Samsung said it isn't a hardware or software issue.
OpenText Information Management
JULY 3, 2018
The pressure’s on every one of us, every day, to help our organizations stay ahead of the business disruption that’s happening all around us. While companies aim to be more customer-centric, improve efficiencies and gain new business insights, there are numerous challenges that stymie these efforts. To be competitive today, it’s about becoming an intelligent … The post Three days at Enterprise World will take you from insight to action appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
JULY 3, 2018
DDoS attacks continue to plague the Internet, getting bigger and more dangerous. And now, the kids are involved.
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