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Notes and observations about the 2012 intranet innovation award winners

ChiefTech

This year, Pleio, a customised version of Elgg developed by the Dutch government , also won an award. Pleio: A social network for Dutch government on Prezi. We also deployed Elgg for a Government 2.0 Incidentally, the NSW Department of Education is also a Socialtext customer (see below).

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. inch diskettes. None of these early threats went pro.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. The first Cyber Range training and testing hub opened at Eastern Michigan University in late 2012. The early Cyber Range hubs were mainly used to help educate and certify military technicians and cybersecurity professionals at selected companies.

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News alert: Introducing Mayhem Security — ForAllSecure unveils name change, fresh focus

The Last Watchdog

Under the name Mayhem Security, the company will continue to collaborate with the government and the industry to advance cybersecurity and revolutionize how organizations approach cybersecurity by automating the process of finding and fixing software vulnerabilities. Pittsburgh, PA, Oct.

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Our Data Governance Is Broken. Let’s Reinvent It.

John Battelle's Searchblog

Most of my career has been spent evangelizing the power of technology to positively transform business, education, and politics. My current work is split between two projects: One has to do with data governance, the other political media. And second… Governance. But Governance? Data Governance. So let’s go.

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‘Justice Blade’ Hackers are Targeting Saudi Arabia

Security Affairs

The group of threat actors calling themselves ‘Justice Blade’ published leaked data from Smart Link BPO Solutions, an outsourcing IT vendor working with major enterprises and government agencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the GCC.

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Irish ODPC Publishes 2012 Annual Report

Hunton Privacy

On May 20, 2013, the Irish Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (“ODPC”) published its annual report for 2012 (the “Report”). The Report summarizes the activities of the ODPC during 2012, including its investigations and audits, policy matters, and European and international activities. audit outcomes. Complaints. ODPC Audits.