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California Unanimously Passes Historic Privacy Bill

WIRED Threat Level

The law will give Californians more control over the data that companies collect on them than ever before.

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IEEE Statement on Strong Encryption vs. Backdoors

Schneier on Security

The IEEE came out in favor of strong encryption: IEEE supports the use of unfettered strong encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity of data and communications. We oppose efforts by governments to restrict the use of strong encryption and/or to mandate exceptional access mechanisms such as "backdoors" or "key escrow schemes" in order to facilitate government access to encrypted data.

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How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks

eSecurity Planet

Stopping a DDoS attack quickly is critical for the survival of your business. Here are six ways you can stop a DDoS attack.

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How to Avoid Card Skimmers at the Pump

Krebs on Security

Previous stories here on the proliferation of card-skimming devices hidden inside fuel pumps have offered a multitude of security tips for readers looking to minimize their chances of becoming the next victim, such as favoring filling stations that use security cameras and tamper-evident tape on their pumps. But according to police in San Antonio, Texas, there are far more reliable ways to avoid getting skimmed at a fuel station.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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Marketing Firm Exposes 340 Million Records on US Consumers

Data Breach Today

2 Terabyte Database Includes Up To 150 Fields With US Consumers' Data A computer security researcher has discovered a vast marketing database containing 340 million records on U.S. consumers. The database is the latest in a long line of databases to have been left exposed to the internet without authentication, thus putting people's personal data at risk.

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The Re-Permissioning Dilemma Under GDPR

AIIM

Now that the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is in force organizations are ramping up their efforts to re-fresh data subject consent obtained prior to GDPR and under the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC by virtue of which opt-out, or implied consent was permissible. There seems to be divergent opinions relating to the requirement to undertake re-permissioning of data subject consent under GDPR.

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Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory

Krebs on Security

Many people, particularly older folks, proudly declare they avoid using the Web to manage various accounts tied to their personal and financial data — including everything from utilities and mobile phones to retirement benefits and online banking services. The reasoning behind this strategy is as simple as it is alluring: What’s not put online can’t be hacked.

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Ticketmaster Breach Traces to Embedded Chatbot Software

Data Breach Today

Hacker Modified JavaScript Chatbot to Scrape Customers' Card Payment Details Ticketmaster is warning customers that it suffered a data breach after an attacker modified its third-party chatbot software to steal customers' payment card details. Software provider Inbenta Technologies says Ticketmaster should never have been running the JavaScript software on a payments page.

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Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database With 340 Million Records

WIRED Threat Level

The leak may include data on hundreds of millions of Americans, with hundreds of details for each, from demographics to personal interests.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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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AI Could Vastly Improve Our Work Lives

AIIM

Artificial intelligence has the ability to change our lives for the better. Increasingly, businesses are looking to automation to complete tasks in a more cost effective and efficient manner. Unfortunately, automation may lead to job loss. In fact, the finance, manufacturing, and service industries have already cut jobs due to automation. While there are certainly risks posed by the advancement of AI, there are also several benefits.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). According to the bill’s author, it was consciously designed to emulate the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, and if and when it goes into effect, it would constitute the broadest privacy law in the United States.

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Supreme Court Rules on Mobile Location Data: Get a Warrant

Data Breach Today

ACLU Says Decision 'Provides a Groundbreaking Update to Privacy Rights' The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that location data generated by mobile phones is protected by the Fourth Amendment, meaning police need "probable cause" before they can access it. The ACLU says the ruling "provides a groundbreaking update to privacy rights" in the digital age.

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The New Satellite Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space

WIRED Threat Level

Trump’s call for a “Space Force” escalates a quiet, dangerous contest between the US, China, and Russia—one whose consequences no one really understands.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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Infographic: List of data breaches in 2017

IT Governance

2017 was a big year for data breaches. Uber , Equifax and Yahoo all fell victim, and many small organisations also suffered a breach or cyber attack. When it comes to cyber threats, all types of organisations are at risk. Using the findings of our monthly ‘list of data breaches and cyber attacks’ blog posts, we’ve created an infographic that summarises reported data breaches from 2017.

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Q&A: Saadia Muzaffar talks responsible innovation, diversity, and the OpenText Women in Technology Summit

OpenText Information Management

If you don’t already know her, it’s time you met Saadia Muzaffar. Saadia is an incredible tech entrepreneur, author, and passionate advocate of responsible innovation. In addition, Saadia is driving forward the agenda of decent work for everyone, prosperity of immigrant talent in STEM careers, and diversity and inclusion in the Canadian technology industry.

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8 Highlights: Scottish 'Big Data' Cybersecurity Conference

Data Breach Today

Cloud Forensics, Fraud, Extortion and Cyber Sociology Dominate Edinburgh Event What are hot cybersecurity topics in Scotland? The "International Conference on Big Data in Cyber Security" in Edinburgh focused on everything from securing the internet of things the rise of CEO fraud to the origins of "cyber" and how to conduct digital forensic investigations on cloud servers.

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European regulators report sharp rise in complaints after GDPR

The Guardian Data Protection

Watchdogs reveal more data protection complaints and increase in breach notifications The first month of GDPR has seen a sharp increase in the number of complaints to regulators across Europe, showing strong public interest in the new rules. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) told the Guardian it has seen a rise in breach notifications from organisations, as well as more data protection complaints following the activation of the law.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

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.

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Conquering Chaos in Process Implementation

Gimmal

Below is a blog post by Gimmal Director of Services Karen Goode. Karen is a valuable leader within our Services organization whose passion for process and project execution has driven some of our most successful implementations. Below, she discusses how an effective project execution framework can help organizations see through the chaos of project management and ensure consistency, efficiency, and repeatability throughout all of their processes.

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The Digital Privacy Wins Keep Coming

WIRED Threat Level

From *Carpenter v. United States* to a landmark bill in California, privacy advocates sense a shift in what people will accept from Facebook, mobile carriers, and more.

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EU Mass Surveillance Alive and Well, Privacy Groups Warn

Data Breach Today

Campaigners Seek Court Sanctions to End Blanket Communications Data Retention Privacy rights groups are calling on the Court of Justice of the European Union to clamp down on at least 17 EU governments that require domestic telecommunications firms to store all communications data, despite the court having ruled that such mass surveillance practices are illegal.

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WPA3 Brings New Authentication and Encryption to Wi-Fi

Dark Reading

The Wi-Fi Alliance officially launches its latest protocol, which offers new capabilities for personal, enterprise, and IoT wireless networks.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.

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Lessons from the front-lines of digital transformation – Part one

TAB OnRecord

Most organizations are involved in some kind of effort to go digital, to stay digital, or to optimize their digital workplace. In a three-part blog post, we will share lessons from the front-lines of digital transformation. These key takeaways from our work with over 90 percent of the Fortune 500 will provide you with important [.] Read More. The post Lessons from the front-lines of digital transformation – Part one appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.

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WPA3 Wi-Fi Security Will Save You From Yourself

WIRED Threat Level

With better password security and idiot-proof IoT connections, WPA3 will make your internet experience much, much safer.

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Australia's HealthEngine Caught in Data-Sharing Fiasco

Data Breach Today

Medical Appointment Booking Platform Says It Obtains Consent Australia's large online medical booking platform, HealthEngine, has become embroiled in a privacy controversy after it reportedly passed personal medical details to a personal injury law firm. HealthEngine maintains it obtained users' consent, but the revelation appears to have caught many by surprise.

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How Data Science Experience improves accuracy for the insurance industry

IBM Big Data Hub

In this Q&A, IBM financial services solution architect Irina Saburova discusses an insurance use case with IBM Data Science Marketing Lead Rosie Pongracz. In this scenario common to the insurance industry, an organization needs to adjust its operations based on upcoming weather event and multiple weather indicators can improve forecast accuracy.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Securing Serverless Apps: 3 Critical Tasks in 3 Days

Dark Reading

Serverless workloads in the cloud can be as secure as traditional applications with the right processes and tools. The key: start small, scale as your application scales, and involve everyone.

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Intelligent Records Management Requires a New Way of Thinking

Gimmal

Technology is an enabler for sure. But w ithout the right resources and direction, it can also be an inhibiter. Once an enterprise decides that all corporate information has the potential of being a corporate asset, the next step is to establish a continuous program to identify, improve, and protect this asset just like any other.

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Equifax Coder Settles Insider Trading Charges With SEC

Data Breach Today

Software Engineer Profited From Breach Knowledge, Regulator Alleges An Equifax software engineer has settled an insider trading charge with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after he allegedly earned $77,000 after he made a securities transaction based on his suspicion that the credit bureau had suffered a data breach.