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Governance is Always Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

Weissman's World

There’s a disturbing trend in the information governance profession that needs to stop now, namely the tendency to apologize for the work we’re doing. “Let me email that document to you.” – “I’m sorry, but please paste in the link to the digital document instead.” “I need to make a copy of this for my […]. The post Governance is <del>Always</del> Never Having to Say You’re Sorry appeared first on Holly Group.

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What do the Mirai botnet, the WannaCry ransomware blitz, and the EternalRocks worm have in common?

Outpost24

All of these attacks have similarities in terms of attack strategies, and a shift in focus to operational business disruption vs. data theft as the goal or leverage for monetizing the attack. First, the Mirai botnet, in late 2016, affected internet access for some hundreds of thousands of systems. The attack vector focused on home consumer devices, items that typically aren’t really configured securely, or administrated professionally.

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CIPL Issues Recommendations for Implementing Transparency, Consent and Legitimate Interest under the GDPR

Hunton Privacy

Recently, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton & Williams LLP issued a white paper on Recommendations for Implementing Transparency, Consent and Legitimate Interest under the GDPR (the “White Paper”). The White Paper sets forth guidance and recommendations on the key concepts of transparency, consent and legitimate interest under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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What’s It Like to Join a Startup’s Executive Team?

Lenny Zeltser

Startups are the innovation engine of the high-tech industry. Those who’ve participated in them have experienced the thrill and at times the disappointment of navigating uncharted territories of new ideas. Others have benefited from the fruits of these risk-takers’ labor by using the products they created. What’s it like to contribute at an early stage of a startup?

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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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Delta’s RFID baggage initiative wins industry award

RFID Global Solution, Inc.

By Ashton Morrow, Delta Airlines, June 6, 2017. Delta was honored with the Best Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) Implementation award from RFID Journal in May. This award recognizes the airline’s industry-leading baggage handling strategy. It uses RFID chips embedded in individual bag tags to gather information throughout the bag’s journey, giving customers more transparency and reducing the number of mishandled bags. “It’s an incredible honor that Delta&

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European Commission Pushes for Greater EU Role in Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

On June 7, 2017, the European Commission published a paper signalling the EU’s intention to increase its role in directing cybersecurity policy and responses across its member states. The increasing threat posed by cyber attacks is highlighted in the EU Commission’s Reflection Paper on the Future of European Defence , which builds its case for closer union in respect of defense efforts.

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China Releases Draft Guidelines on Cross-Border Data Transfers Pursuant to the Cybersecurity Law

Hunton Privacy

On May 27, 2017, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee of China published draft guidelines on cross-border transfers pursuant to the new Cybersecurity Law, entitled Information Security Technology – Guidelines for Data Cross-Border Transfer Security Assessment (the “Draft Guidelines”). The earlier draft, Measures for the Security Assessment of Outbound Transmission of Personal Information and Critical Data (the “Draft Measures”), requires network operators t

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Federal Court Imposes Record Fine on TV Provider for Do Not Call Violations

Hunton Privacy

On June 5, 2017, an Illinois federal court ordered satellite television provider Dish Network LLC (“Dish”) to pay a record $280 million in civil penalties for violations of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and state law. In its complaint , the FTC alleged that Dish initiated, or caused a telemarketer to initiate, outbound telephone calls to phone numbers listed on the Do Not Call Registry, in violation of the TSR.

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EU Commission Issues Questionnaire in Preparation for Annual Review of Privacy Shield

Hunton Privacy

On June 2, 2017, in preparation for the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”) framework, the European Commission has sent questionnaires to trade associations and other groups, including the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, to seek information from their Privacy Shield-certified members on the experiences of such organizations during the first year of the Privacy Shield.

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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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Delta’s RFID baggage initiative wins industry award

RFID Global Solution, Inc.

"It's an incredible honor that Delta's implementation was recognized by experts in the RFID industry," said Rodney Brooks, Director, Operations Field Support. "All teams that supported deployment of the industry leading RFID initiative should be proud of this accomplishment. The post Delta’s RFID baggage initiative wins industry award appeared first on RFID Global Solution.

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