Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Separately, Thoma Bravo Moves to Acquire Veracode Software From Broadcom Symantec has announced not one but two acquisitions of private cybersecurity firms: Javelin Networks and Appthority. Meanwhile, a private equity firm announced that it will acquire application security testing firm Veracode from Broadcom for $950 million in cash.
AIIM
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
How do you make SharePoint and Office 365 deliver value as an intelligent information management platform? That's what we sought to find out when we first contacted SharePoint expert, Rob Bogue. Rob basically eats, breathes, and sleeps SharePoint, so we knew he'd be the perfect one to work with. Over the following months, we worked with Rob to develop an online course designed to teach you about Implementing Intelligent Information Management on SharePoint and Office 365.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Attorney John Salmon Assesses Cybersecurity Applications for Blockchain As organizations investigate public and private blockchains to secure transactions and facilitate peer-to-peer transactions, they must ensure they know who's responsible, what the system is doing, what the cybersecurity and legal risks are and who's managing it, says attorney John Salmon.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Disasters happen, whether it’s a cyber attack, flood, power outage, road closure or any other type of disruption. And when it strikes, your organisation needs to be ready to implement its business continuity and disaster recovery plans. . You might have been taught that these are two names for the same thing (they are often used interchangeably), but there’s a big difference.
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
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
As we approach 2019, is it realistic to think the end of our dependency on traditional user names and passwords is in sight? Shane Weeden, and authentication expert with IBM Security, discusses the future of authentication and why he's encouraged by the FIDO2 initiative.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
As ransomware and other cyberattacks continues to proliferate, organizations must improve vendor risk management so they have a plan in place in case a business associate falls victim, says Mitch Parker, CISO of Indiana University Health System, who will speak at ISMG's Healthcare Security Summit in New York.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Interesting research: " Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives (SSDs) ": Abstract: We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware. In theory, the security guarantees offered by hardware encryption are similar to or better than software implementations. In reality, we found that many hardware implementations have critical security weaknesses, for many models allowing for complete recovery of the data
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Best Buy, Panera Bread, Target and Under Armour. What do each of these companies have in common? They each suffered a data breach at the hands of a third-party vendor. While the most common definition of a data breach is the unauthorized access, transition, reproduction, dissemination or sale of personal, confidential or privileged data, if data is mistakenly shared with an unauthorized user by an authorized user– that is also a breach.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The venerable Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification has been around for a very long time -- and for good reason.
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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.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to use Artificial Intelligence to assign the CVSS scores to reported vulnerabilities. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system provides a reference-method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score between 0.0 and 10.0 that is assigned to each flaw according to its severity.
Data Matters
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
On November 1, 2018, following a rising tide of speculation, the Hong Kong regulator Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced a series of initiatives to regulate digital assets for the first time (and, apparently, without the need for any kind of legislative approval or backing). The initiatives, discussed below, take effect immediately. For purposes of the new regime, the SFC refers to “virtual assets” broadly defined to include initial coin offerings (ICOs), digital tokens (such as di
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Information commissioner’s report says fines levied for ‘serious breaches’ of data laws Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and the Eldon Insurance company, owned by Arron Banks, face fines totalling £135,000 over breaches of data laws, a report from the information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has confirmed. The report, released on the commissioner’s website, stated that Leave.EU and Eldon – trading as GoSkippy – were each being fined £60,000 for “serious breaches” of the law that governs electro
IBM Big Data Hub
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The IBM-MongoDB partnership continues to go like gangbusters. Announced in June 2018, our first version of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is now giving way to our second version.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
WIRED is looking out for the biggest stories, the most common hoaxes, and the likeliest sources of confusion as they emerge throughout the day.
IBM Big Data Hub
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The swelling demand for data scientists coupled with the evident skills gap has implications for the global economy as well as the tech industry. What’s causing it, and what can be done to address it?
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
IoT devices have become part of our work and personal lives. Unfortunately, building security into these devices was largely an afterthought.
Information Management Resources
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
To enable business intelligence teams to move up the value chain from providing commodity reports to business driving analytics, organizations should add these four components.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Unauthorized users accessed HSBC accounts between Oct. 4 and 14, the bank reports in a letter to customers.
Adam Levin
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Facebook announced in a blog post on November 5th that it blocked 115 accounts on its platforms after being informed by law enforcement that they may have been “engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior.”. Roughly 30 of the Facebook accounts blocked were from Russian or French speakers, with the remaining 85 on its Instagram platform being in English.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Cloud adoption drives organizations to spend in 2019 as they learn traditional security practices can't keep up.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The data breach includes names, addresses, transaction histories, account information and more.
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WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Americans watched their voting technology break down right in front of their eyes—or on social media—Tuesday, but it's too soon to tell if the problems reached historic proportions.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Group-IB and Swiss insurance broker ASPIS that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, and a Swiss insurance broker ASPIS SA that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges cybersecurity, allowing the exchanges’ clients to ensure their assets.
Import.IO
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Automating the process of collecting information from the web is a technique that allows companies – large and small – to extract unstructured content from a website or web page into a cleanly structured format. The data, once extracted, can be used in many kinds of business intelligence and decision-making scenarios. Data extraction or web […].
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Vulnerabilities in Samsung, Crucial storage devices enable data recovery without a password or decryption key, researchers reveal.
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Firmware updates won't address the problem, so admins need to take other action.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Black Hat's lineup of Arsenal tools, Briefings, and in-depth Trainings will equip you with the skills you need to protect today's modern devices and operating systems.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Ninety-four district election officers. Thirteen hundred electoral jurisdictions. Multiple law enforcement agencies. The fight to keep the midterms safe has an unimaginable scope.
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