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Why CGC Matters to Me

ForAllSecure

By David Brumley. In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. I sat down, thought hard about what I had learned from graduate school, and tried to figure out what to do next. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. She would go on to win a MacArthur "Genius" Award in 2010. She's a hard act to follow.

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CNIL Serves Formal Notice to Microsoft to Comply with French Data Protection Law

Hunton Privacy

On July 20, 2016, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) announced that it issued a formal notice to Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) about Windows 10, ordering Microsoft to comply with the French Data Protection Act within three months. Background. Following the launch of Microsoft’s new operation system, Windows 10, in July 2015, the CNIL was alerted by the media and political parties that Microsoft could collect excessive personal data via Windows 10.

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The Information Management Umbrella

Brandeis Records Manager

George Despres, CRM. Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. (The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). A colleague at another university recently polled a listserv group of records managers in Higher Ed. The survey probed the records management programs’ locations within the organization.

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CRTC ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY: REMEMBER, YOU MUST HAVE RECORDS TO PROVE CONSENT

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued an enforcement advisory to both businesses and individuals that send commercial electronic […].

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Key criteria to consider in choosing a cloud migration partner

CGI

Key criteria to consider in choosing a cloud migration partner. natalya.kalina…. Thu, 07/28/2016 - 03:46. Many organizations are seeking to reduce their legacy IT spend and re-invest the savings into digital enabling technologies like cloud computing to drive business agility, transformation and overall competiveness. Their aging IT infrastructures have become too expensive and time consuming to maintain, and the key technologies supporting their business are reaching end of life or end of maint

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DB2 for z/OS: Clearing the Air Regarding CLOSE YES for Table Spaces and Indexes

Robert's Db2

This is another of my DB2 for z/OS blog entries motivated by a desire to clear up a matter about which there is some misunderstanding in the DB2 community. In this case, the misunderstanding concerns the CLOSE option of the CREATE and ALTER statements for DB2 for z/OS table spaces and indexes. The confusion here, as I've encountered it, is mainly related to differences between "soft close" and "hard close" of DB2 data sets (table spaces or indexes, or partitions of same if the objects are partit

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Article 29 Working Party and EDPS Release Opinions on the ePrivacy Directive

Hunton Privacy

On July 25, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) released their respective Opinions regarding the review of Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications (the “ePrivacy Directive”). Both the Working Party and the EDPS stressed that new rules should complement the protections available under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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Order, Order: Why the UK court system is ready for transformational change…

CGI

Order, Order: Why the UK court system is ready for transformational change…. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Thu, 07/28/2016 - 05:17. The UK Criminal Justice System is suffering a crisis of public perception. A Citizens Advice study in 2015 found that one in five people who had been involved in the UK court system left with a worse opinion than when they entered it.

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U.S. data transparency act compliance in reach, offering potential for new data uses

CGI

La conformité à la loi américaine sur la transparence des données ouvre la voie à de nouvelles possibilités en matière d’utilisation des données. pallavi.m@cgi.com. Thu, 07/28/2016 - 07:04. Reconnaissant l’importance que revêt la transparence fiscale ainsi que la complexité et la diversité des sources de financement du gouvernement fédéral des États-Unis, le Congrès américain a adopté la loi sur la responsabilité et la transparence numériques (« Digital Accountability and Transparency Act » ou

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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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White House Releases New Policy on Federal Cyber Incident Response

Hunton Privacy

On July 26, 2016, the White House unveiled Presidential Policy Directive PPD-41 (“PPD-41”), Subject: United States Cyber Incident Coordination, which sets forth principles for federal responses to cyber incidents approved by the National Security Council (“NCS”). Coming on the heels of several high-profile federal breaches, including the Office of Personnel Management’s loss of security clearance information and the hack of over 700,000 IRS accounts, PPD-41 is a component of President Obama’s Cy

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OCR Settles Two HIPAA Cases with Public Health Centers in Oregon and Mississippi

Hunton Privacy

On July 21, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) entered into resolution agreements with two large public health centers, Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (“UMMC”), over alleged HIPAA violations. OHSU. Following the submission of multiple breach notification reports by OHSU in 2013, OCR investigated and found “evidence of widespread vulnerabilities within OHSU’s HIPAA compliance pro

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Lisa Sotto Interviewed on Privacy Piracy Radio Show

Hunton Privacy

On July 25, 2016, Lisa Sotto , partner and head of the Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, was interviewed on KUCI 88.9 FM radio’s Privacy Piracy show. Lisa discussed the changing regulatory landscape, information security enforcement actions, the threat actors who attack companies’ data and how to manage the aftermath of a data breach.

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The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: A How-To Guide

Hunton Privacy

On July 12, 2016, after months of negotiations and criticism, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”) was officially adopted by the European Commission and the Department of Commerce. Similar to the Safe Harbor, companies must certify their compliance with the seven principles comprising the Privacy Shield to use the Shield as a valid data transfer mechanism.

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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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U.S. Department of Commerce Launches Privacy Shield Website

Hunton Privacy

On July 26, 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has launched a new website that provides individuals and companies with additional information regarding the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”). Among other things, the website provides information about complying with, and self-certifying to, the Privacy Shield’s principles.

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