Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
A Guide to Video Interviews With Thought Leaders at This Year's Event At RSA Conference 2018 Asia Pacific & Japan, Information Security Media Group conducted dozens of video interviews with industry thought leaders. Here are the highlights.
Troy Hunt
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Breached businesses in Europe: Brace for more class action lawsuits seeking material and non-material damages filed by victims following mandatory data breach notifications under GDPR, says attorney Jonathan Armstrong. He predicts more breach-related suits will succeed in Europe than in the United States.
IT Governance
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Two thirds of UK organisations are uninsured against the financial impact of a data breach, a survey has revealed. The Risk:Value 2018 Report by NTT Security discovered that only 29% of organisations have dedicated cyber insurance in place, despite 81% of senior executives touting insurance against data breaches as “vital”. According to the report, which examines business attitudes to risk and the value of information security, UK businesses would have to spend £1 million, on average, to rec
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Security ratings are increasingly popular as a means of selecting cybersecurity vendors. But Ryan Davis at CA Veracode also uses BitSight's ratings as a means of benchmarking his own organization for internal and external uses.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Many of the computer devices to be used for electronic voting in November's midterm elections have unpatched older operating systems that make them vulnerable, says Darien Kindlund, a data scientist at the cybersecurity firm Insight Engines, which advises governments and others.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Uber agrees to $148 million settlement with US States and the District of Columbia over the massive 2016 data breach that exposed personal data of 57 million of its users. In November 2017, the Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that hackers broke into the company database and accessed the personal data (names, email addresses and cellphone numbers) of 57 million of its users, the disconcerting revelation was that the company covered up the hack for more than a year.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Why IIoT leaders from both information technology and line-of-business operations need to join forces to develop robust cybersecurity techniques that go beyond reflexive patching.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. A former member of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations hacking team was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky software.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Data Matters
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The growing network of internet of things (IoT) devices is expected to reach 30 billion devices by 2020. Despite this tremendous growth, the state of IoT regulation is patchwork at best. Although the FTC is the primary security regulator for consumer IoT devices, there are no comprehensive regulations or laws specific to the unique challenges of the IoT market.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
A new integer overflow vulnerability found in Linux Kernel. Dubbed Mutagen Astronomy, it affects Red Hat, CentOS, and Debian Distributions. Security researchers have discovered a new integer overflow vulnerability in Linux Kernel, dubbed Mutagen Astronomy, that affects Red Hat, CentOS, and Debian Distributions. The vulnerability could be exploited by an unprivileged user to gain superuser access to the targeted system.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
USB thumb drives may be used less frequently than before, but they are still commonly used as infection vectors for a wide variety of malware.
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Apps need your explicit permission to access your smartphone's motion and light sensors. Mobile websites? Not so much.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The tech giant promised that it will be more transparent about users' data in Chrome 70 after coming under fire for its privacy policies earlier this week.
Jamf
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Discover why modern deployment methods are rendering imaging a thing of the past, and learn how you can replace imaging workflows with superior provisioning practices.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
All versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS vulnerable to 'Mutagen Astronomy' flaw, according to Qualys.
The Texas Record
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Mark your calendars! The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) are offering a bountiful harvest of free and low-cost learning opportunities in October. Whether you prefer learning at a live event or from your desk, there are resources available for you, your colleagues, and your agency staff to increase your records management and information technology knowledge.
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.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Seven new modules discovered in VPNFilter further fill in the blanks about how the malware operates and reveals a wider breath of capabilities.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
This is the first SEC enforcement cracking down on violation of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, intended to protect confidential data.
The Guardian Data Protection
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Peter Dutton warned bid to boost government’s surveillance powers could give criminals more tools Peter Dutton’s proposed legislation to expand the government’s surveillance capabilities into telecommunication devices through the inclusion of spyware risks could create “systemic weakness or vulnerability” that would be open to exploitation, Australia’s peak industry group has warned.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Ride-sharing company settles legal cases with 50 states and the District of Columbia for its handling of 2016 data breach.
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
Information Management Resources
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Big data still commands big salaries, with top big data engineers expected to earn more than $200,000 heading into 2019. Here's what to expect for 10 other leading data management and database jobs.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Government agencies are making great strides in defending themselves against cyberattacks, according to new research from Accenture. But technology alone won't solve the problem.
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Our vision is to enable the Intelligent and Connected Enterprise and inspire a new way to work inside the enterprise. Our focus is on empowering the world’s largest businesses to unlock the potential of their information, while protecting its value. The latest release of OpenText EIM, Release 16, integrates secure and intelligent content services, business … The post The OpenText platform appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
VPNFilter malware is adding capabilities to become a more fully-featured tool for threat actors.
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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.
Information Management Resources
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The hype around artificial intelligence today is exciting but it also creates confusion, misinformation and skepticism in the minds of both data scientists and their business colleagues.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Microsoft engineer details how the company's IoT security solution operates - at multiple layers starting with the microcontroller.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Hackers see green field opportunities in vulnerable software supply chains.
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