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Capital One Data Theft Impacts 106M People

Krebs on Security

consumers, and roughly 1 million Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) for Canadian credit card customers. ” The FBI says Capital One learned about the theft from a tip sent via email on July 17, which alerted the company that some of its leaked data was being stored out in the open on the software development platform Github. .”

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Expect More Spam Calls and SIM-Card Scams: 400 Million Phone Numbers Exposed

Adam Levin

As much as I love this one friend of mine, nothing is private when we’re together. Your phone provider will have tips on the best practices to avoid SIM-card attacks, and common sense can be your guide regarding any unexpected phone calls, and practice the Three Ms: Minimize your exposure. You probably have a friend like this.

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Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

combinations Enables automated response to quickly and effectively contain threats based upon policy from moderate (move to guest network, assign to self-remediation VLAN, apply OS updates/patches, etc.) to stringent (quarantine assets, turn off switch port, block access, disable network card, etc.)

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#ModernDataMasters: Mike Evans, Chief Technology Officer

Reltio

A passion of mine is imparting the knowledge and experience that the data leaders of today possess to the next generation of data professionals. What are your top 3 tips or resources to share for aspiring modern data masters? What aspects of modern data management do you focus on in your role and how do you help deliver it?

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#ModernDataMasters: Steve Whiting, Chief Operations Officer

Reltio

I worked in several Telcos and latterly in the City for an international insurance company. What are your top 3 tips or resources to share for aspiring modern data masters? I stayed for a few years and then became tempted by the opportunity to broaden my horizons by becoming a freelancer.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I would never want to live in any of our properties we bought as investments.

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