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Moonshots

MIKE 2.0

In business, we tend to focus on the incremental changes we are dealing with every day. The big opportunities always seem too far away to build into our monthly, quarterly or even annual plans. These opportunities, though, are the “moonshots” that completely change the world and generate growth for years to come. The big changes can come from unexpected places.

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Wanna Get Away – Generals Password

Roger's Information Security

I see this was posted 3 months ago to Youtube, but its new to me. This being blogging, lets over-analyze. The General’s password is ihatemyjob1. Not a bad password. Using a passphrase is easy to remember. Easy to type. No doubt he should have capitalized the “I” Most systems can handle spaces, which would add some length. Putting in a “@” in for a and a “0” in for o would add some complexity.

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Article 29 Working Party Clarifies Process for Resolving Privacy Shield Complaints

Hunton Privacy

On February 20, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party (“Working Party”) issued a template complaint form and Rules of Procedure that clarify the role of the EU Data Protection Authorities (“DPAs”) in resolving EU-U.S. Privacy Shield -related (“Privacy Shield”) complaints. The Working Party’s template complaint form indicates that it is intended for use by EU individuals who wish to have their commercial-related complaints associated with Privacy Shield-certified organizations resolved by their nati

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Protecting the bank in a digital world

CGI

Protecting the bank in a digital world. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Wed, 02/22/2017 - 01:58. Today's digital world of multi-dimensional, organized criminal threats ruthlessly exposes the weak points in any financial institutions anti-financial crime (AFC) defences. Criminals are long gone usually before you even realize you are a victim. The challenge is how to more proactively defend against these new threats.

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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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We’re Launching An Entire Event Around Employer Branding in Brooklyn

IT Governance

A spin through LinkedIn’s recently-released 2017 Annual Global Recruiting Trends report confirms that employer branding is one of the hottest topics – if not the hottest topic – in the industry. LinkedIn surveys some 4,000 HR pros each year and, just like the 2016 edition, employer branding features prominently in the report. It’s listed as one of the top five takeaways in the entire 32-page read.

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FTC Announces Settlements with Three Companies Accused of Deceiving Consumers About Participating in APEC CBPR Program

Hunton Privacy

On February 22, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had reached settlement agreements (“the Proposed Agreements”) with three U.S. companies charged with deceiving consumers about their participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“APEC CBPR”) system. The three companies are Sentinel Labs, Inc. (which provides endpoint protection software), SpyChatter, Inc.

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Optimizing healthcare value with prescriptive analytics – Part 2

CGI

Optimizing healthcare value with prescriptive analytics – Part 2. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Mon, 02/20/2017 - 08:00. Moving from “what if” to “what’s best”. In my previous blog on this topic , I discussed the need to shift analytics from monitoring and reporting of what has happened, to using analytics to make decisions. More specifically, to achieve continuous improvements in terms of quality of care, access to care and cost of care, our decisions need to be informed by data and directed by prescript

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Health Insurer Reaches Privacy Settlement with New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs

Hunton Privacy

On February 17, 2017, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (“Horizon”) agreed to pay $1.1 million as part of a settlement with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (the “Division”) regarding allegations that Horizon did not adequately protect the privacy of nearly 690,000 policyholders. The settlement stemmed from the theft of two laptops stolen from Horizon headquarters in November 2013, when personnel from outside vendors performing renovations and moving services at Horizon’s N

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Australia Enacts New Data Breach Notification Law

Hunton Privacy

On February 13, 2017, the Parliament of Australia passed legislation that amends the Privacy Act of 1988 (the “Privacy Act”) and requires companies with revenue over $3 million AUD ($2.3 million USD) to notify affected Australian residents and the Australian Information Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) in the event of an “eligible data breach.”. The Privacy Act defines “personal information” to include “information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably

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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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CIPL Submits Comments to Article 29 Working Party’s Proposed Guidelines

Hunton Privacy

On February 15, 2017, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton & Williams LLP submitted two sets of formal comments to the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”). CIPL commented on the Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor’s lead supervisory authority (“Lead Authority Guidelines”), and on the Guidelines on the right to data portability (“Data Portability Guidelines”).

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OCR Settlement Emphasizes Importance of Audit Controls

Hunton Privacy

On February 16, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) entered into a resolution agreement with Memorial Healthcare System (“Memorial”) that emphasized the importance of audit controls in preventing breaches of protected health information (“PHI”). The $5.5 million settlement with Memorial is the fourth enforcement action taken by OCR in 2017, and matches the largest civil monetary ever imposed against a single covered entity.