Sat.Dec 05, 2015 - Fri.Dec 11, 2015

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Understanding how tls downgrade attacks prevent email encryption

Elie

Over the last two years, the number of encrypted emails received by Gmail has almost doubled, as I reported earlier on the Google security blog. This very encouraging trend is sadly accompanied with an increase of SMTP TLS downgrade attacks, which prevent encryption of emails in transit as discussed in our research paper on the state of email transport security.

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Wyndham Settles FTC Charges in FTC v. Wyndham

Hunton Privacy

On December 9, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (“Wyndham”) settled charges brought by the FTC stemming from allegations that the company unfairly failed to maintain reasonable data security practices. The case is FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, et al. (2:13-CV-01887-ES-JAD) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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Innovation Happens Everywhere Now: Barcelona-based Typeform Proves It

John Battelle's Searchblog

The post Innovation Happens Everywhere Now: Barcelona-based Typeform Proves It appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Over on the NewCo site, I’ve profiled Typeform , a Barcelona-based NewCo. Below is a short outtake from that piece, if you’d like to read the entire thing, head on over to NewCo , which is publishing more and more pieces on innovative new kinds of companies around the world. .

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Why I believe the Blockchain will transform Government

CGI

Why I believe the Blockchain will transform Government. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com. Fri, 12/11/2015 - 04:23. You may not yet have come across the Blockchain but it is making waves within the financial services community and is heralded as one of the most significant advances in technology for a generation. In essence, it is a new database technology that is based on a distributed ledger, which itself is cryptographically secured.

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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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President Signs Law Providing Exception to Annual Privacy Notice Requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

Hunton Privacy

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the ‘‘FAST Act’’) into law. The FAST Act, which is aimed at improving the country’s surface transportation infrastructure, contains a provision that modifies the annual privacy notice requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). Under the current GLBA Privacy Rule, financial institutions must mail an annual privacy notice to their customers that sets forth how they collect, use and disclose tho

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European Negotiators Close Deal on First EU Rules on Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

On December 7, 2015, European negotiators reached an agreement on the draft text of the Network and Information Security Directive (the “NIS Directive”), the first pan-EU rules on cybersecurity. The NIS Directive was first proposed by the European Commission on February 7, 2013, as part of its cybersecurity strategy for the European Union and aims to ensure a uniform level of cybersecurity across the EU.

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The need for collaboration across blue light services

CGI

The need for collaboration across blue light services. p.butler@cgi.com. Mon, 12/07/2015 - 04:29. Blue light services – ambulance, police, and fire departments – are built entirely around the premise of working in partnership with the communities they serve to maintain law and order, protect members of the public and their property, prevent crime, and improve quality of life.