Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Anti-virus Vendor Says It Collected, Then Deleted Four Classified Documents Kaspersky Lab says it "inadvertently" scooped up classified U.S. documents and code from an NSA analyst's home computer, but suggests it wasn't the conduit by which the material ended up in Russian hands. It claims that the computer was riddled with malware.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Information Commissioner to look at evidence of wealth screening of former students before approaches made for donations University fundraising is to be examined by the Information Commissioner after allegations emerged that the personal data of some alumni was being misused. Elizabeth Denham has committed to look at evidence which allegedly shows UK universities belonging to the Russell Group sent former students’ data to firms for wealth screening before approaching them for donations.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Urgent Issues That Need to Be Addressed Now Dozens of lively discussions sprung up among the healthcare CISOs, legal experts and leaders from government agencies and technology vendors at Information Security Media Group's Healthcare Security Summit in New York. So what are some of the key takeaways?

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eDiscovery Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

For many of the webcasts that we’ve conducted at CloudNine this year, we’ve noted several big data fun facts that illustrate the challenges that many organizations face in managing increasing volumes of data. But several of those facts are three years old. So, we thought it would be fun to take a look at some more up to date facts about big data that you can share with your family at your annual Thanksgiving gathering!

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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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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Cheaper croissants in the morning is one thing; being charged according to your credit rating is another. As Black Friday approaches, should we trust the prices of online stores – and even bricks-and-mortar retailers? You wait 24 hours to book that flight, only to find it’s gone up by £100. You wait until Black Friday to buy that leather jacket and, sure enough, it’s been marked down.

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