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As 2-factor authentication falls short, ‘adaptive multi-factor authentication’ goes mainstream

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why data science is the key to securing networks. I recently visited with Silverfort CEO Hed Kovetz, who described how the idea for the company percolated when the co-founders were toiling in the encryption branch of Unit 8200 , the elite cybersecurity arm of the Israeli military.

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Seeing Like a Data Structure

Schneier on Security

Right now, we’re living through the last attempts at making those systems work, with a perhaps naive hope and a newfound belief in AI and the data science that fuels it. Decades ago, the cracks in these rational systems were only visible to a few, left for debate in the halls of universities, board rooms, and militaries.

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Operationalizing responsible AI principles for defense

IBM Big Data Hub

Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.

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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

Krebs on Security

“Venntel has also been a data partner of the police surveillance contractor Fog Data Science, whose product has been described as ‘mass surveillance on a budget,'” All-Source’s Jack Poulson wrote. Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into Venntel and its parent company Gravy Analytics.

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A brief history of data and how it helped change the world

Collibra

Collecting data at military hospitals, she realized that infectious disease and poor sanitation were killing more soldiers than war injuries. Just as important, she devised a way to display the data visually, so it was easy-to-understand at a glance. As a result, military medical care was reformed. .

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