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Estonia sues Gemalto for 152M euros over flaws in citizen ID cards issued by the company

Security Affairs

“The vulnerabilities to hacker attacks found in government- issued ID cards supplied by the Franco-Dutch company marked an embarrassing setback for Estonia, which has billed itself as the world’s most digitalised “e-government”.” ” reported the Reuters. At the time, Estonia had issued 1.3

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Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have breached the Italian Revenue Agency

Security Affairs

The ransomware gang Lockbit claims to have hacked the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) and added the government agency to the list of victims reported on its dark web leak site. It has its own statute and specific regulations governing administration and accounting. 300 of 1999.

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Vladimir Putin ‘s computers still run Windows XP, Media reports

Security Affairs

Open Media pointed out that that Windows XP is the last operating system developed by Microsoft that was approved by the Kremlin for use on official Russian government computers. Microsoft Windows 10 is only allowed only for government systems that don’t manage secret information. ” reads the post published by The Guardian.

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘Tis the season — to take proactive measures to improve data governance

The Last Watchdog

Practicing good data governance is easier than you think. About the essayist: Todd Feinman is president and CEO of Identity Finder , co-founding the company in 2001. As I said, breaches cannot be 100 percent preventable, but there are a lot of ways to be proactive. By knowing your risk exposure, you are half way there.

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UN approves Russia-Cina sponsored resolution on new cybercrime convention

Security Affairs

Many governments worldwide persecute their internal oppositions charging them with criminal activities and use strict online surveillance to track them. The surveillance software developed by NSO Group was used by government organizations worldwide to spy on human rights groups , activists, journalists, lawyers, and dissidents.

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AIIM vs. ARMA: An Honest Comparison of Membership

AIIM

As a paid professional member of both since 2001 – August 2001 for AIIM, September 2001 for ARMA, and having served on both organizations’ Board of Directors (2004-2005 for AIIM, 2007-2010 for ARMA), I have thoughts on both and will compare them in several key areas, including: Focus. Automating Governance and Compliance.

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Implementing Information Management on SharePoint and Office365

AIIM

Since its humble beginnings in 2001, it has grown to nearly 200 million seats and is found in every industry sector. One of the key steps is to develop and implement effective SharePoint governance. It's hard to overestimate the impact of SharePoint on the information management market. So how can organizations address this?

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