IT Governance
MAY 28, 2019
Last week, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) turned one year old. Whether the panic and stress that accompanied the compliance deadline feels like a distant memory or still gives you nightmares, your data protection and privacy posture is something that shouldn’t be in your rear-view mirror. GDPR compliance is an ongoing process and should be embedded by design in your data protection practices.
Dark Reading
MAY 31, 2019
Follow these best practices to strengthen endpoint management strategies and protect company data.
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IG Guru
MAY 28, 2019
By T.J. StilesMay 7 via the Washington Post T.J. Stiles received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History, the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He is a member of the governing boards of the Society of American Historians and the Organization of American Historians. America is losing its memory. […].
Krebs on Security
MAY 29, 2019
Would your average Internet user be any more vigilant against phishing scams if he or she faced the real possibility of losing their job after falling for one too many of these emails? Recently, I met someone at a conference who said his employer had in fact terminated employees for such repeated infractions. As this was the first time I’d ever heard of an organization actually doing this, I asked some phishing experts what they thought (spoiler alert: they’re not fans of this partic
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Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2019
New Guidance Clarifies BA's Responsibility to Safeguard PHI Federal regulators have issued new guidance clarifying when a business associate can be held directly liable for compliance with the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules. Why is there still so much confusion?
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Security Affairs
MAY 29, 2019
The popular white hat hacker Tavis Ormandy has announced the discovery of a code execution vulnerability in Microsoft’s Notepad text editor. The Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy announced the discovery of a code execution flaw in Microsoft’s Notepad text editor. Am I the first person to pop a shell in notepad? … believe it or not, It's a real bug!
Krebs on Security
MAY 31, 2019
New York regulators are investigating a weakness that exposed 885 million mortgage records at First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] as the first test of the state’s strict new cybersecurity regulation. That measure, which went into effect in March 2019 and is considered among the toughest in the nation, requires financial companies to regularly audit and report on how they protect sensitive data, and provides for fines in cases where violations were reckless or willful.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2019
Security Researcher Warns That Flaw Could Lead to Worm-Like Exploit A security researcher warns that nearly 1 million devices running older versions of Microsoft Windows remain vulnerable to a recently discovered flaw in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol service that could enable attackers to use a worm-like exploit to take over unpatched machines.
erwin
MAY 31, 2019
It’s time to consider data-driven enterprise architecture. The traditional approach to enterprise architecture – the analysis, design, planning and implementation of IT capabilities for the successful execution of enterprise strategy – seems to be missing something … data. I’m not saying that enterprise architects only worry about business structure and high-level processes without regard for business needs, information requirements, data processes, and technology changes necessary to exec
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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?
Security Affairs
MAY 31, 2019
The Russian army seems to be in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Debian-based Linux distribution Astra Linux. Cyber security seems to subvert the globalization concept, governments are working to develop their own technology fearing possible espionage and sabotage activities of foreign states. The Russian military is in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux.
Krebs on Security
MAY 30, 2019
Canadian government regulators are using the country’s powerful new anti-spam law to pursue hefty fines of up to a million dollars against Canadian citizens suspected of helping to spread malicious software. In March 2019, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) — Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), executed a search warrant in tandem with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) at the home of a Toronto softwa
Data Breach Today
MAY 29, 2019
After Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect, Data Security Complaints Doubled One year after Europe's tough new GDPR privacy law went into full effect last May, authorities in Britain have seen the number of annual data breach notifications more than quadruple. Meanwhile, the number of data protection complaints filed by Europeans has doubled.
AIIM
MAY 28, 2019
Hopefully, you've heard by now that we're updating the Certified Information Professional (CIP) exam. If so, you’re probably wondering: What's new? What's changed? What do you need to know to be successful? These are important questions, so I thought I’d take some time to go over each of the 5 Domains of the New CIP in detail to help clear up any confusion.
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Security Affairs
MAY 29, 2019
Public Wi-Fi is easily accessible by everyone, as much as free surfing sounds cool, it is risky as well. Let’s see how your data can be hacked easily. In the contemporary world of networking, Wi-Fi has become a vital commodity. Wi-Fi are now installed in each and every place regardless of the size of the place; from international airports to small kiosks, you can find an internet connection everywhere.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 30, 2019
As I noted in my last blog post , containers, which are now pervasive in enterprises, are ephemeral, and microservices frameworks like Kubernetes treat them as such. Data security is a complex subject, and, unfortunately, microservices only add to the complexity. I frequently try to untangle the threads of knotty issues by asking questions. So, in this and my next few blogs, I will share some questions you might want to ask as you go about securing your data in a microservices environment.
Data Breach Today
MAY 31, 2019
Infections Started in 2015 and Ran Through April Checkers Drive-In Restaurants says 102 of its 900 U.S. locations were hit with point-of-sale malware, with one California restaurant infected over a more than two-year period starting in December 2015. Checkers is the latest victim in a string of attacks against retailers, restaurants and hotel chains.
Hunton Privacy
MAY 30, 2019
On May 27, 2019, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (A.D. 2019) (the “PDPA”), which was passed by the National Legislative Assembly on February 28, 2019, was finally published in the Government Gazette, and thus became effective on May 28, 2019. Although now effective, the main operative provisions concerning personal data protection (including requests for data subjects’ consent; collection/use and disclosure of personal data; rights of data subjects; complaints; civil liabilitie
Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.
Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2019
GreyNoise experts detected scans for systems vulnerable to the BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) vulnerability from exclusively Tor exit nodes. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 address nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including an RDS vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep that can be exploited to carry out WannaCry -like attack. The issue is a remote code execution flaw in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that it can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker by connecting to the targeted system via the RDP
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 28, 2019
Before making any major purchase decision, most of us read reviews to learn about the experiences of other users and get an understanding of a product from the perspective of the marketplace. This is especially important for when evaluating options for a major investment like planning software.
Data Breach Today
MAY 29, 2019
Settlement Follows Federal HIPAA Penalty Tied to Data Breach Cloud-based electronic health records vendor Medical Informatics Engineering has signed a $900,000 settlement with 16 state attorneys general in a case involving the same 2015 data breach that was at the center of a recent $100,000 settlement with a federal regulator.
Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2019
Passwordless authentication has a shot at becoming more ubiquitous in the next few years. We take a look at where things stand at the moment.
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Security Affairs
MAY 30, 2019
Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. Recent research by the cybersecurity experts at VPNpro shows that the popular mobile VPN developer Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt.
Schneier on Security
MAY 30, 2019
The term "fake news" has lost much of its meaning, but it describes a real and dangerous Internet trend. Because it's hard for many people to differentiate a real news site from a fraudulent one, they can be hoodwinked by fictitious news stories pretending to be real. The result is that otherwise reasonable people believe lies. The trends fostering fake news are more general, though, and we need to start thinking about how it could affect different areas of our lives.
Data Breach Today
MAY 30, 2019
No Patch Available Yet, But Exploiting the Flaw Would Be 'Challenging' A security researcher has found a significant flaw all versions of Docker, an open source container platform, that can give attackers read and write access to all the files within the host system, allowing them to execute arbitrary code. As of now, there's no patch available.
Info Source
MAY 29, 2019
Industry’s First Integrated, AI-Enabled Platform Ecosystem Automates End-To-End Business Operations at Scale. Irvine, CA – May 29, 2019 – Kofax ®, a leading supplier of Intelligent Automation software to digitally transform end-to-end business operations, today announced it has launched the industry’s first Intelligent Automation platform and marketplace , advancing future-of-work initiatives for hyper-connected enterprises.
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL
Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.
Security Affairs
MAY 31, 2019
Security experts at Intezer have discovered a new Linux malware tracked as ‘HiddenWasp’ that borrows from Mirai, Azazel malicious codes. HiddenWasp is a new sophisticated Linux malware still undetected by the majority of anti-virus solutions. According to the experts at Intezer, the malware was involved in targeted attacks. . “Unlike common Linux malware, HiddenWasp is not focused on crypto-mining or DDoS activity.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 27, 2019
Google knows more about you than you might think. Here's how to keep it from knowing your location, web browsing, and more.
Data Breach Today
MAY 31, 2019
Security Experts Warn Exploits Are Coming Microsoft has taken the unusual step of issuing a second warning about BlueKeep, a vulnerability that, if left unpatched, could allow an attacker to use a worm-like exploit to take over devices running older Windows operating systems. Security researchers warn that exploits are coming.
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