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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

But rather than divert their spam botnets from their normal activity and thereby decrease sales, the botmasters voted to create a new DDoS botnet by purchasing installations of DDoS malware on thousands of already-hacked PCs (at a rate of $25 per 1,000 installs). One such site — sun-technology[.]net

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Sophie Sayer on the IT Governance Partner Programme

IT Governance

The benefits of partnering with us, and our partner-exclusive event IT Governance launched its partner programme in 2017, which now includes more than 400 organisations. And why should organisations consider partnering with IT Governance? We put those questions to channel sales director Sophie Sayer.

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NSA buys internet browsing records from data brokers without a warrant

Security Affairs

Wyden called on the US government to order intelligence agencies to stop buying personal data from Americans that has been obtained illegally by data brokers. Evaluate each data source identified in the inventory to assess whether it meets FTC standards for legal personal data sales. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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Data governance council: What is it and why do you need nne?

Collibra

A data governance council is a governing body for strategizing data governance programs, raising awareness of its importance, approving enterprise data policies and standards, prioritizing related projects, and enabling ongoing support. What does a data governance council do? Makes executive decisions for the council.

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6 things I love about working at Collibra after 6 years in sales engineering

Collibra

Tudor Borlea is a Senior Manager, Sales Engineering at Collibra. When he joined in 2016, data governance was still a new concept for many organizations. I had first-hand experience with the business impact of poor data governance from my consulting work.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2022 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting in addition to interim meetings held in lieu of taking place during the Summer Meeting. 26R — Bonds (SSAP No. 26R) and SSAP No.

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Privacy in an open-data world: Why government agencies need to be proactive

Collibra

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. As more of our interactions and transactions occur online, the need for robust data protection measures becomes increasingly critical to safeguard personal data and maintain public trust in government institutions. There’s no going back. They must choose both.

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