May, 2018

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Blockchain Unchained - Discovering its Potential in Information Management

AIIM

Blockchain is the hot topic of the IT industry – the explosive and rapid growth of BitCoin has taken the obscure technology of distributed ledgers into mainstream consciousness. But the question we want to ask is “ Does Blockchain have a role to play in Information Management? Does it have a role beyond cryptocurrencies? ”. The short answer to that question is yes, and it could become one of the most important innovations for our industry in decades.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2018 – 17,273,571 records leaked

IT Governance

Remember when I said last month that “with the GDPR less than a month away I imagine future lists will be even longer thanks to the introduction of mandatory data breach notifications”? Well, May’s list of incidents is very long, and the GDPR only came into effect at the end of the month. If I were a cynic I might think that some breached organisations were seeking to keep their exposure to regulatory fines to a minimum by rushing to report historic incidents before the GDPR – and its enhanced p

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Legacy Content Migration: Urgent Need is Largely Invisible

Weissman's World

Fun fact: an estimated 75% of today’s content management solutions were installed before the year 2010 – meaning that most organizations are now depending upon systems that at best are dated, and at are worst dangerously close end-of-life. This being the case, you’d think that folks would be working hard to move their legacy content […]. The post Legacy Content Migration: Urgent Need is Largely Invisible appeared first on Holly Group.

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Cambridge Analytica Shuts Down Amid Ongoing Facebook Crisis

WIRED Threat Level

The troubled data firm, which improperly accessed the data of up to 87 million Facebook users, has ceased operations.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Crabby Ransomware Nests In Compromised Websites

Data Breach Today

Cisco Warns of Dangers of Running Vulnerable Web Applications The Gandcrab ransomware has been a moving target. Since it was discovered in January, it quickly became one of the most widely distributed file-encrypting malware programs. Researchers with Cisco say they've now found it seeded within legitimate websites, making its spread tougher to stop.

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FBI Seizes Domain Controlling 500,000 Compromised Routers

Data Breach Today

Sinkholing Should Help Mitigate 'VPN Filter' Outbreak At least 500,000 routers, mostly located in Ukraine, have been infected with "VPN Filter" malware that experts believe is a prelude to a massive cyberattack. But the FBI has reportedly sinkholed the control domain for the router botnet, which should help contain the potential damage.

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Clearing the Complication - Making Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Accessible and Useful

AIIM

These days it feels almost impossible to have a conversation with anyone involved in the world of Information Management without bringing up machine learning and artificial intelligence. Everyone is talking about it, everyone has an opinion, everyone claims to be doing it — or at least thinking about doing it. AI is part of the popular zeitgeist, entering our lives in the form of autonomous vehicles on our roads, Alexa in our homes, and a burgeoning AI arms race between rival world powers.

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Most GDPR emails unnecessary and some illegal, say experts

The Guardian Data Protection

Many firms have the required consent already; others don’t have consent to send a request The vast majority of emails flooding inboxes across Europe from companies asking for consent to keep recipients on their mailing list are unnecessary and some may be illegal, privacy experts have said, as new rules over data privacy come into force at the end of this week.

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The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in the Vietnam War

WIRED Threat Level

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s job is to make sense of how Russia hacked the 2016 election. But to make sense of Mueller, you have to revisit some of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Technical Writing Tips for IT Professionals

Lenny Zeltser

This cheat sheet offers guidelines for IT professionals seeking to improve technical writing skills. To print it, use the one-page PDF version; you can also customize the Word version of the document. General Recommendations. Determine your write-up’s objectives and audience. Keep the write-up as short and simple as possible to achieve the objectives.

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How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

eSecurity Planet

Your company's website does not have to be the next victim of a SQL injection breach. Here's how to prevent SQL injection attacks.

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Tips for Implementing Foundational Controls

Data Breach Today

Tripwire's Tim Erlin on Ways to Prevent Breaches Improperly implemented foundational controls pave the way for many data breaches, says Tim Erlin of Tripwire, who offers tips on building a strong foundation.

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Seeing Through the Haze to Leverage the Power of the Cloud

AIIM

If we were to believe everything we hear in the press, then all computing and data storage is moving to the cloud — and quickly! The reality, though, is more nuanced. Firstly, there is no singular cloud; instead, there are hundreds of clouds to choose from. Secondly, not everything is moving to the cloud, and even the stuff that is, is moving slowly.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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'I felt exposed online': how to disappear from the internet

The Guardian Data Protection

Worried about what’s out there about you? You’re not alone. But is it even possible to become a digital ghost? Early one morning last year, before the birds were up, Tio Bucard, his wife and children skittered down the path from their home in a tiny French village towards a black SUV, its engine running. As Bucard drove to the local airport, he checked his rear-view mirror every few moments to see that he was still being followed by Frank Ahearn , a 54-year-old American with a peppery beard and

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How WIRED Lost $100,000 in Bitcoin

WIRED Threat Level

We mined roughly 13 Bitcoins and then ripped up our private key. We were stupid—but not alone.

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Attacks against machine learning — an overview

Elie

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. At a high level, attacks against classifiers can be broken down into three types: Adversarial inputs. , which are specially crafted inputs that have been developed with the aim of being reliably misclassified in order to evade detection.

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How to solve four common challenges when outsourcing records to the cloud – Part 2

TAB OnRecord

In last week’s blog post we explored some of the common challenges faced by organizations when storing records in the cloud. We learned that when looking for a cloud storage provider, you need to consider issues of compliance and legal control over records. In part two of our post, we explore two more challenges and [.] Read More. The post How to solve four common challenges when outsourcing records to the cloud – Part 2 appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Report: Facebook App Exposed 3 Million More Users' Data

Data Breach Today

Revenge of the Personality Test, Take Two Researchers at the University of Cambridge, via a myPersonality test on Facebook, reportedly used data from 3 million users to power a spin-off company that delivered targeted advertising services. Facebook says the app is one of 200 that it's suspended for suspicious data handling practices.

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RPA - Is it the Answer to Our Dreams of Easier Business Automation?

AIIM

I’ve been involved in some way or another in the world of business process automation (BPM) for over twenty years. I was the author of AIIM’s first BPM training course back in 2006. I’m a big fan of the idea of reengineering business processes, but there is no getting away from the fact that BPM projects are complex and scary – they require buy-in from the top (which is always difficult) and are seldom inexpensive undertakings.

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Cambridge Analytica: how did it turn clicks into votes?

The Guardian Data Protection

Whistleblower Christopher Wylie explains the science behind Cambridge Analytica’s mission to transform surveys and Facebook data into a political messaging weapon • The six weeks that brought Cambridge Analytica down How do 87m records scraped from Facebook become an advertising campaign that could help swing an election? What does gathering that much data actually involve?

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New Rowhammer Attack Hijacks Android Smartphones Remotely

WIRED Threat Level

Dutch researchers have pushed the mind-bending Rowhammer hacking technique one more step towards a practical attack.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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1834: The First Cyberattack

Schneier on Security

Tom Standage has a great story of the first cyberattack against a telegraph network. The Blanc brothers traded government bonds at the exchange in the city of Bordeaux, where information about market movements took several days to arrive from Paris by mail coach. Accordingly, traders who could get the information more quickly could make money by anticipating these movements.

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How a functional classification system can improve your RIM program

TAB OnRecord

A properly functioning classification system is an integral part of your RIM program. Without it, records will become disorganized and potentially lost, undermining the entire purpose of your RIM program. What is functional classification? Functional classification is the “what” of your RIM program. It is the method for identifying records and their content.

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Twitter: We Goofed; Change Your Password Now

Data Breach Today

Passwords Inadvertently Saved to Log in Plaintext Format; Twitter Blames Bug Twitter has apologized after it discovered that it had been inadvertently storing users' passwords in plaintext in an internal log, potentially putting them at risk. Twitter has blamed a bug for the fault, and recommends all users change their passwords immediately.

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Digital Leaders Tackle Information Chaos at its Origins

AIIM

In a recent AIIM Industry Watch survey -- State of Intelligent Information Management: Getting Ahead of the Digital Transformation Curve -- I asked this question -- “ Agree or Disagree : Digitizing and standardizing business inputs is one of the key bottlenecks for Digital Transformation.” The results are clear: Information chaos needs to be tackled at its origins.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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UK regulator orders Cambridge Analytica to release data on US voter

The Guardian Data Protection

In landmark cross-border decision, Information Commissioner’s Office gives company 30 days to comply with David Carroll’s request Cambridge Analytica has been ordered to hand over all the data and personal information it has on an American voter, including details of where it got the data and what it did with it, or face a criminal prosecution. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) served the enforcement notice to the company on Friday in a landmark legal decision that opens the way for

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How to Change Your Twitter Password Right Now

WIRED Threat Level

On World Password Day, Twitter discloses a major gaffe that left user passwords potentially vulnerable.

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Get Ready for 'WannaCry 2.0'

Dark Reading

Another widespread worm attack is "inevitable," but spreading a different more lucrative or destructive payload, experts say.

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