Data Breach Today
APRIL 12, 2018
At Least Eight U.S. Organizations Hit So Far This Year The Department of Health and Human Services is warning the healthcare sector about ongoing attacks involving SamSam ransomware that have impacted at least eight U.S. organizations so far this year. What mitigation steps are recommended?
The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 12, 2018
Government moves ahead with legislation despite criticism from the opposition The Australian government is pushing ahead with controversial legislation it says will create “back doors” into encrypted communication services – but still can’t say when it will introduce the bill. After originally aiming to have the legislation before parliament in the first quarter of this year, the government has delayed its introduction.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 12, 2018
Regulations and New Technologies Are in the Spotlight GDPR compliance. New uses for blockchain. IoT security. These are some of the hottest topics on tap at the 2018 RSA Conference, taking place April 16-20 in San Francisco.
TAB OnRecord
APRIL 12, 2018
Our most popular resources this month cover RIM software success, records protection and recovery, and green file storage solutions. Learn about strategies to ensure your RIM software is successful, how your RIM program strategy can help your organization after a large scale disaster in a hybrid environment, and how to reduce your environmental impact through [.
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
APRIL 12, 2018
Deception technology has been gaining traction as a way for organizations to get a view on how attackers are targeting their assets. Rik Turner, principal analyst at the consultancy Ovum, says he expects MSSPs to incorporate deception technology, making it more accessible to smaller organizations.
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The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 12, 2018
New portability tool will allow users to extract copy of own content posted on social network Instagram has confirmed it will let users download their personal data, including previously shared photos, videos and messages, as it prepares for the European data regulation GDPR. While its parent company, Facebook, had announced a suite of GDPR controls, which Mark Zuckerberg emphasised during his testimony to Congress this week, Instagram had been quiet on the issue.
IT Governance
APRIL 12, 2018
If you’re looking to develop a career in information security, the CISMP training course is a great starting point. It provides a broad introduction to information security management upon which more technical qualifications can be built. CISMP is also suitable for business professionals looking to gain a deeper understanding of information security, and is especially valuable to those working in the public sector, as it is part of the CESG Certified Professional Scheme.
Troy Hunt
APRIL 12, 2018
I received a very nice email this week: Congratulations, your nomination has been accepted to the Microsoft Regional Director program! I am pleased to welcome you back to this worldwide community of technology thought leaders and thank you for being a part of this community. Just over 2 years ago, I first became a Microsoft Regional Director. This is a role that has meant a great deal to me over that time; it's not one you can sit an exam for and no amount of money will buy you one either.
IT Governance
APRIL 12, 2018
Compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) should be a priority for all EU organisations, and non-EU organisations that monitor the behaviour or offer goods and services to EU residents. The GDPR is far more extensive in scope and application than the current Data Protection Act. The Regulation extends the data rights of individuals, and requires organisations to develop clear policies and procedures, and adopt “appropriate technical and organisational measures”, to protect
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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
APRIL 12, 2018
One of the internet's biggest infrastructure companies is expanding its protections beyond the web.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
APRIL 12, 2018
Nick Jovanovic, VP Federal of Thales eSecurity Federal (a division of TDSI), recently spoke with Federal Tech Talk’s John Gilroy about federal agency data security and key findings from the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Government Edition. Federal Tech Talk, which looks at the world of high technology in the U.S. federal government, airs on Federal News Radio, a radio station in the Washington, D.C. region.
Gimmal
APRIL 12, 2018
Gimmal is happy to announce that Brian McLaurin has joined our leadership team as Chief Revenue Officer, a newly-created role.
Threatpost
APRIL 12, 2018
Researchers have identified what they are calling an Early Bird code injection technique used by the Iranian group APT33 to burrow the TurnedUp malware inside infected systems while evading anti-malware tools.
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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.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 12, 2018
Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws. But even with 20 years' worth of experience and claims data in cyberinsurance, underwriters still struggle with how to model and quantify a unique type of risk.
IT Governance
APRIL 12, 2018
Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mandates that organisations implement “appropriate technical and organisational measures” to manage risks. It provides a handful of examples of those measures, but it doesn’t go into detail about what they consist of or why they are necessary. This blog fills that gap, discussing vulnerability scans, penetration tests and the way they work together.
OpenText Information Management
APRIL 12, 2018
In my previous blog I introduced the concept of the ‘outside-in’ model of Identity and Access Management (IAM). It is designed to meet the needs of increasingly extended, collaborative and digital supply chains. In this blog, I’ll look further into why organizations need to adopt this new model and cover some key areas that you’ll … The post Information ownership or controlled trust?
Information Management Resources
APRIL 12, 2018
It can seem overwhelming to choose the right implementation approaches to these hot technologies. Here are six effective ways to attain quantifiable results from AI and ML.
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Threatpost
APRIL 12, 2018
Microsoft patched a bug that allowed attackers to steal a target’s Windows account password via previewed Outlook message.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 12, 2018
There are hundreds of ways to spend your time at the 2018 RSA Conference, but here are the 10 sessions that people will be talking about.
Architect Security
APRIL 12, 2018
[USA] D.C. Court: Accessing Public Information is Not a Computer Crime In a great win for OSINT and general Internet freedom (as the EFF says, “Good news for anyone who uses the Internet as a source of information” LOL), a DC court has ruled that automated tools can be used for collecting information on the […].
Dark Reading
APRIL 12, 2018
As cryptomining campaigns become more profitable, cybercriminals are becoming more creative about finding new ways to extend their operations.
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Threatpost
APRIL 12, 2018
Political actors and privacy activists are calling for more regulations on data privacy after Facebook's data security scandal.
Dark Reading
APRIL 12, 2018
A deep dive into how organizations can effectively devise and implement microsegmentation in a software-defined networking data center.
Information Management Resources
APRIL 12, 2018
As organizations begin eyeing a move to this technology, various misperceptions are clouding many potential migrations. Here are three important falsehoods to consider.
Dark Reading
APRIL 12, 2018
Surveys highlight the financial burden of GDPR as companies scramble to meet the May 25 deadline.
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Information Management Resources
APRIL 12, 2018
This is the first computing cycle in which a number of technologies are emerging at once, including the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and virtual or augmented reality, and automation.
Dark Reading
APRIL 12, 2018
Researchers have found that some Android devices are skipping patches and lying about it.
Information Management Resources
APRIL 12, 2018
Security of data stored in the cloud also 'will become a tempting target for a range of cyber criminals,' the NCSC said, as currently only 40 percent of data stored there is access-secured.
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