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NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

Krebs on Security

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. Many media outlets mistakenly reported that the National Public data breach affects 2.9

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National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords

Krebs on Security

New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security Numbers, addresses, and phone numbers online. In April, a cybercriminal named USDoD began selling data stolen from NPD.

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Credit Union Issues Belated MOVEit Data Breach Notification

Data Breach Today

Texas Credit Union Only Just Notifying 500,000 Members About May 2023 Data Theft Fifteen months after a massive supply-chain attack hit users of MOVEit secure file-transfer software, Texas Dow Employees Credit Union has issued a data breach notification pertaining to 500,474 victims, saying it only discovered last month their personally identifiable (..)

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Proofpoint Expands Data Security With Normalyze Acquisition

Data Breach Today

Normalyze’s AI-Powered DSPM Technology Boosts Proofpoint’s Data Visibility, Control Proofpoint will acquire DSPM startup Normalyze to strengthen its data security offerings across cloud, SaaS and hybrid environments.

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Modern Data Architecture for Embedded Analytics

Every data-driven project calls for a review of your data architecture—and that includes embedded analytics. Before you add new dashboards and reports to your application, you need to evaluate your data architecture with analytics in mind. Expert guidelines for a high-performance, analytics-ready modern data architecture.

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US FTC Cracks Down GeoLocation Data Brokers

Data Breach Today

Gravy Analytics and Mobilewalla Ordered to Implement Stronger Consent Measures Two data brokers pledged to stop using geolocation data gleaned from smartphones to sell services that provide a window to the intimate lives of Americans. Surreptitious surveillance by data brokers undermines our civil liberties," an U.S.

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Netskope Purchases Dasera to Strengthen Cloud Data Security

Data Breach Today

Integration of DSPM Firm Dasera Enhances Data Protection Across Cloud Environments Netskope’s purchase of Desera enhances its data security posture management capabilities, enabling customers to secure both structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-premises environments.

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6 Steps to More Streamlined Data Modeling

Discover a streamlined methodical approach to Apache Cassandra® data modeling. Are you a developer, database architect, or database administrator that's new to Cassandra, but been tasked with developing a plan for implementing the technology anyway? Worry no more.

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Drive Better Decision-Making with Data Storytelling

Storytelling is more than just data visualization. Storytelling provides an organized approach for conveying data insights through visuals and narrative. Data-driven storytelling could be used to influence user actions, and ensure they understand what data matters the most.

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Solving Open Source Complexity with a Managed Data Infrastructure Platform

With its unparalleled flexibility, rapid development and cost-saving capabilities, open source is proving time and again that it’s the leader in data management. But as the growth in open source adoption increases, so does the complexity of your data infrastructure.

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How to Build Data Experiences for End Users

Organizational data literacy is regularly addressed, but it’s uncommon for product managers to consider users’ data literacy levels when building products. Product managers need to research and recognize their end users' data literacy when building an application with analytic features.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success.

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4 Approaches to Data Analytics

The world of data analytics is changing fast as organizations look to gain competitive advantages through the application of timely data.

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What Is Entity Resolution? How It Works & Why It Matters

Entity Resolution Sometimes referred to as data matching or fuzzy matching, entity resolution, is critical for data quality, analytics, graph visualization and AI. Advanced entity resolution using AI is crucial because it efficiently and easily solves many of today’s data quality and analytics problems.

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10 Rules to More Streamlined Data Modeling

Apache Kafka is a powerful piece of software that can solve a lot of problems. Like most libraries and frameworks, you get out of it what you put into it. Learn 10 rules that will help you perfect your Kafka system to get ahead.