Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. Connected devices outnumber people. The United Nations estimates the current world population at 7.6 billion 1 , and Gartner projects over 20.8 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. Connected things are what make the IoT – sensors, cameras, wearable electronics, medical devices, automatic controls.

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Information Management Resources

JULY 12, 2018

They favor human-like responses from technology and say it improves satisfaction, says Mark Taylor.

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Archives Blogs

JULY 12, 2018

Today, the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) released its 2017 Annual Report to the President on security classification and implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program. ISOO’s report highlights the high cost and inefficiency of using outmoded systems to protect America’s classified information, and recommends that the President implement a Government-wide technology strategy for the management of classified information to combat inaccurate classification

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Data Breach Today

JULY 12, 2018

Thousands of Individuals' Data Was Allegedly Accessible to All Agency Workers An incident involving an unsecured database containing information about thousands of HIV/AIDS patients in Tennessee is shining a spotlight on privacy risks involving sensitive health data.

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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 Last Watchdog

JULY 12, 2018

The discovery of sensitive U.S. military information for sale on the Dark Web for a nominal sum, in and of itself, is unfortunate and unremarkable. However, details of the underlying hack , ferreted out and shared by researchers of the Insikt Group, an arm of the security research firm Recorded Future, are most welcomed. They help frame wider questions, and pave the way for improved best practices.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

It was Jan last year that I suggested HTTPS adoption had passed the "tipping point" , that is it had passed the moment of critical mass and as I said at the time, "will very shortly become the norm" Since that time, the percentage of web pages loaded over a secure connection has rocketed from 52% to 71% whilst the proportion of the world's top 1 million websites redirecting people to HTTPS has gone from 20% to about half (projected).

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Data Breach Today

JULY 12, 2018

Gleb Esman of Splunk on Finding Anomalies Machine learning plays a key role in fraud detection by helping with pinpointing anomalies, says Gleb Esman of Splunk.

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TAB OnRecord

JULY 12, 2018

In a three-part post, we have been sharing insights from our work helping organizations go digital. In parts one and two we talked about the value that digitization projects can bring to your organization, the realities of having a hybrid record environment, and questions to ask before commencing a digitization project. In our final post, [.] Read More.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 12, 2018

Chris Testa of Cybereason on Going Beyond Defense-in-Depth As businesses change their key strategies, they must ensure they mitigate new risks that emerge, says Chris Testa of Cybereason. This must go beyond a defense-in-depth approach to include a plan for what to do when an inevitable intrusion occurs, he says.

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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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IT Governance

JULY 12, 2018

On 28 June 2018, athletic apparel company Adidas announced that its US website had suffered a data breach , exposing online customers’ personal data. The breach was detected on 26 June. In its statement , Adidas said: “According to the preliminary investigation, the limited data includes contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. Adidas has no reason to believe that any credit card or fitness information of those consumers was impacted.”.

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Dark Reading

JULY 12, 2018

Security Pro File: Web app security pioneer dishes on his teenage security career, his love of electric scooters, Ace Ventura - and a new baby food business venture with his wife and famed chef, Kathy Fang.

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The Texas Record

JULY 12, 2018

We are still accepting presentation proposals for the annual e-Records Conference to be held on Friday, November 16, 2018. If you are interested in presenting or being a panelist, please complete the online form, Presentation Proposal Submission Form. The deadline for submitting presentation proposals is FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018. Presentation formats could include 1-2 presenters or 3-4 panelists for 45 or 75-minute sessions.

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IT Governance

JULY 12, 2018

ISO 27001 is the international standard that describes best practice for an ISMS (information security management system). Why achieve ISO 27001 certification? ISO 27001 certification demonstrates that your organisation’s information security is managed in line with international best practice. Benefits include: Meeting increasing client demands for greater data security; Protecting and enhancing your reputation; Avoiding the financial penalties and losses associated with data breaches; Complyin

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OpenText Information Management

JULY 12, 2018

We all know that customer buying habits have transformed significantly over the past decade. The number of companies and solutions available across the SaaS ecosystem continue to multiply while barriers to entry diminish, making the environment even more competitive. Prospective customers are more educated than ever, well before they have their initial conversation with the … The post The top 3 practices of world-class presales professionals appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Dark Reading

JULY 12, 2018

Threats to industrial control systems are real and frightening. The government is taking steps to keep us safer in the future, but there are near-term steps you can take right now.

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Threatpost

JULY 12, 2018

The thief also had a second dataset, including the M1 Abrams maintenance manual, a tank platoon training course, a crew survival course and documentation on improvised explosive device (IED) mitigation tactics.

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OpenText Information Management

JULY 12, 2018

Muhi Majzoub reveals more details on OpenText’s next-generation hybrid cloud platform, OT2, more Magellan integration and other innovations customers can expect. Day two of Enterprise World 2018 kicked off with Muhi Majzoub, EVP, Engineering and Cloud Services, OpenText™, giving his traditional roundup of highlights from the past year. Muhi told more than 4000 delegates that … The post OpenText Enterprise World 2018 – Day Two appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Threatpost

JULY 12, 2018

Cisco also patched three medium-security flaws in its network security offerings; and, it issued a fix for a high-severity bug in its platform for mobile operator routers, StarOS.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 12, 2018

On 10 July 2018, the Information Commissioner published an update on its investigation into the use of data analytics in political campaigns. The report follows the launch of the ICO’s formal investigation in May 2017 into allegations of ‘invisible processing’ of personal data and targeting of political adverts during the EU referendum.

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Unwritten Record

JULY 12, 2018

This post was compiled by Harry Kidd. Harry is a volunteer at the National Archives working on textual and photographic digitization projects. Harry is a former Navy photographer himself and came across this story while researching military photographers. During WWII the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations interviewed over 600 servicemen from all branches of the military on their activities and experiences in the war.

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Dark Reading

JULY 12, 2018

Establishing an entree into the security world can be a maddeningly slow process. For those of us already here, it can be can be an opportunity to help others.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 12, 2018

Hackers have put up for sale on the dark web sensitive military documents, some associated with the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft, one of its most lethal and technologically advanced drones, security research firm Recorded Future recently discovered. The firms’ Insikt Group on June 1 observed a bad actor trying to sell. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Evasive new botnet can take over enter

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Adam Shostack

JULY 12, 2018

So this week’s threat model Thursday is simply two requests: What would you like to see in the series? What would you like me to cover in my Blackhat talk, “ Threat Modeling in 2018 ?” “Attacks always get better, and that means your threat modeling needs to evolve. This talk looks at what’s new and important in threat modeling, organizes it into a simple conceptual framework, and makes it actionable.

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Info Source

JULY 12, 2018

There has been talk recently about the modernization of ECM technology—and a lot of it revolves around a transition to a more services-oriented architecture. Start-up Docxonomy wants to take things a step further. “I want to flip the industry upside down,” said founder and CEO Bryan Reynolds in a recent interview with DIR. “We are going to be part of a paradigm shift.”.

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Dark Reading

JULY 12, 2018

Spammers using a 'spray & pray' approach to post comments on WordPress powered blogs, forums, says Imperva.

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Threatpost

JULY 12, 2018

A new feature called site isolation is being tapped to protect Chrome users against Spectre.

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Dark Reading

JULY 12, 2018

The facility's process control system and emergency-detection system were infected, Interfax Ukraine reports.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2018

A unified threat management appliance can make security much easier and cheaper for SMBs. Here's how to pick the right UTM solution.

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