Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In the spirit of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), my colleague Ashvin Kamaraju wrote about how organizations can use fundamental controls to secure their information technology. Effective digital security doesn’t end at “Secure IT,” however. It’s equally important that organizations protect their IT assets against things like software vulnerabilities, unsecured Wi-Fi connections and unauthorized data exfiltration.

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DXC Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Having more information at our disposal means that we’re able to make better business decisions. But there’s another outcome we’re discovering as well: As data grows, business processes multiply and expand. That’s because more data enables organizations to track, measure, report and audit more business facets than ever. And often, that added work includes mind-numbingly […].

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Ransomware is the biggest emerging cyber security threat organisations face. We’ve logged more than 100 attacks since the start of this year, but that doesn’t include countless organisations that have hidden attacks for fear that disclosure will expose them as a target for further attacks. So how are organisations supposed to protect themselves? Cyber security firm Datto believes the answer is staff awareness training.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Experts Offer Insights on Mitigating the Threat Recent health data breaches involving phishing schemes are reminders of the persistent threat email-related scams pose to healthcare organizations - and the urgent need to mitigate that threat.

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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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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 24, 2019

When New York-based cloud payroll provider MyPayrollHR unexpectedly shuttered its doors last month and disappeared with $26 million worth of customer payroll deposits , its payment processor Cachet Financial Services ended up funding the bank accounts of MyPayrollHR client company employees anyway, graciously eating a $26 million loss which it is now suing to recover.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

This post is the third in a three part series taking a deep dive into the five key articles of the Attorney General’s CCPA draft regulations: Article 2 on Notice to Consumers; Article 3 on Business Practices for Handling Consumer Requests; Article 4 on Verification of Requests; Article 5 on Special Rules Regarding Minors; and Article 6 on Non-Discrimination.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 24, 2019

DHS Joins FBI in Offering Mitigation Advice The FBI issued a warning this week about skimmer attacks designed to steal payment card data from e-commerce sites. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security also offered tips on defending against these attacks.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Technology can only do so much to protect an organisation from data breaches. That’s why Requirement 12 of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) instructs organisations to implement policies and procedures to help staff manage risks. Employees introduce many risks into businesses that technology simply can’t prevent. Misconfigured databases, email attachments sent to the wrong person and records that are improperly disposed are common examples the ways staff compromise infor

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 24, 2019

UK Incident Responders Supported 900 Victim Organizations in 12-Month Period The National Cyber Security Center, the U.K.'s national computer emergency response team, investigated 658 serious cybersecurity incidents in a 12-month period and supported nearly 900 victim organizations - most of whom learned they had fallen victim after being alerted by the center.

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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.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

On October 21, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission took action against two companies alleged to have engaged in the business of false online reviews and social media influence. In the first case , the FTC entered into a consent decree with cosmetics marketer Sunday Riley, LLC, and the company’s owner, who sell products at Sephora stores and online at Sephora.com.

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Jamf

OCTOBER 24, 2019

To help you get the most out of Jamf Now, we answer a few of the most common questions we receive from Jamf Now customers concerning iPhone and iPad security.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

If your organisation didn’t suffer a data breach last year, consider yourself one of the lucky few. The insurance firm Hiscox found that 61% of organisations were compromised in the past 12 months. This represents a 16-percentage-point increase over the past year, demonstrating how quickly the threat of data breaches is escalating. And it’s not because organisations are getting worse at protecting their information; it’s because cyber criminals are becoming more proficient.

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Jamf

OCTOBER 24, 2019

To help you get the most out of Jamf Now, we answer a few of the most common questions we receive from Jamf Now customers concerning iPhone and iPad security.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Cybercriminals continue to seed app stores with malicious apps, advanced attackers successfully compromise mobile devices, and advertisers continue to track users, new reports show.

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 24, 2019

This unified end-to-end platform, Cloud Pak for Data, delivers these data and AI capabilities as container-based microservices that help to power new and existing enterprise applications to run on cloud or on-premises. The platform makes it easy to implement data-driven processes and operations and, more particularly, to operationalize the development of ML models and their deployment.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Symptoms of job dissatisfaction creep into an industry already plagued with gaps in diversity and work-life balance.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 24, 2019

This is really interesting : "A Data-Driven Reflection on 36 Years of Security and Privacy Research," by Aniqua Baset and Tamara Denning: Abstract : Meta-research research about research allows us, as a community, to examine trends in our research and make informed decisions regarding the course of our future research activities. Additionally, overviews of past research are particularly useful for researchers or conferences new to the field.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The everything-as-code revolution requires cybersecurity to increasingly enlist the help of developers to solve the industry's most pressing issues.

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DXC Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Most graduates get a bit of a shock when they walk into the office for the first time. Your place in the hierarchy and way of relating and communicating to people fundamentally changes, as does the criteria and attributes required to be successful. I was lucky enough to have an extremely senior, supportive direct manager […].

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Google Cloud Platform suffered issues around the same time as Amazon Web Services but claims they were not caused by DDoS.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Experts at Fortinet analyzed NukeSped malware samples that share multiple similarities with malware associated with North Korea-linked APTs. Fortinet has analyzed the NukeSped RAT that is believed to be a malware in the arsenal of the Lazarus North-Korea linked APT group. The attribution to the Lazarus group is based on the similarities with other malware associated with the APT group.

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Collibra

OCTOBER 24, 2019

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCASM) in the US, a joint effort between government and industry to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. This year’s NCSAM theme is personal accountability both at home and in the workplace. As this theme reminds us, all of us as Data Citizens are responsible for ensuring that personal, corporate and consumer data is protected. .

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Import.IO

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Import.io, a leader in Web Data Integration, uses the AWS infrastructure as a SaaS offering to provide a cloud-based Web Data extraction and analytics solution that enables any organization to gain intelligence, efficiencies, and competitive advantages from the vast amount of data on the web. Import.io uses various AWS services. The post StoryFit: Maximizing Project Potential with Import.io and AWS Hosting Services appeared first on Import.io.

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Collibra

OCTOBER 24, 2019

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCASM) in the US, a joint effort between government and industry to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. This year’s NCSAM theme is personal accountability both at home and in the workplace. As this theme reminds us, all of us as Data Citizens are responsible for ensuring that personal, corporate and consumer data is protected. .

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

On 16 October 2019 – after weeks of rumors and speculations – the German data protection authorities (‘DPAs’) published their guidelines (‘ Guidelines’ ) for calculating administrative fines under Article 83 General Data Protection Regulation (‘ GDPR’ ). The Guidelines are intended to guide enforcement action by German DPAs against business ‘undertakings’.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

One of cyber criminals’ favourite ways of hacking organisations is through brute-force or ‘password spraying’ attacks, which bombard targets with login attempts using lists of common passwords. It’s so much easier to access a site or service using someone’s login credentials than it is to exploit a technological vulnerability or craft a phishing scam.

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IG Guru

OCTOBER 24, 2019

For those who are working on projects using the agile methodology, it may be a good idea to review Mr. Tony Adams book Agile Leadership: A leaders’ guide to Orchestrating Agile Strategy, Product Quality and IT Governance available on Amazon for just under USD 10 new. While the book is geared towards agile leadership, it […]. The post A Review: Agile Leadership by Tony Adams appeared first on IG GURU.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Why Google and Mozilla are wrong about the benefits of Extended Validation certificates that aim to prevent fraud and protect user privacy.

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