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Data Breach Today - Untitled Article

Data Breach Today

18 Best 2018 B2B Lead Generation Strategies For Marketers. Have you yet planned your best 2018 B2B lead generation strategies? Well if you have not until now then you should probably know that when it comes to B2B lead Generation, 2018 is going to become the lifeblood of modern sales process. With loads of strategies to choose from, it has become very challenging for businesses to survive the competition.

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Cryptojacking Has Gotten Out of Control

WIRED Threat Level

The practice of using a website visitor's device to mine cryptocurrency has expanded—and evolved—at an alarming rate.

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Best of TAB 2017 part 2: the top blog posts

TAB OnRecord

It is time for part two of our series on the top RIM resources of the past year, including your favorite case studies, white papers, blog posts and guides. In this installment, we share the top three blog posts of 2017: how to save money with RIM, corporate moves, and document imaging for financial institutions. [.] Read More. The post Best of TAB 2017 part 2: the top blog posts appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.

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Soft AI in the Call Center

The Texas Record

There is a lot of speculation about how AI will affect the call center in the coming years. The alarmists claim AI will be able to completely replace human interaction and the call center will be completely automated.

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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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"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" Parody

Schneier on Security

Funny.

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Code Used in Zero Day Huawei Router Attack Made Public

Threatpost

Researchers warn of copycat type attacks as exploit code used in Mirai variant goes public.

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What’s the Worst Thing You’ve Heard About Being a Woman in Recruitment?

IBM Big Data Hub

Sexism in the workplace continues to be relevant, as much as we all don’t want it to be. And sexism isn’t one sided either, there are stigmas that follow females and males around that continue to be all too commonplace. So we ask our diverse panel of female recruiters to point out the most annoying thing they. View Article. What’s the Worst Thing You’ve Heard About Being a Woman in Recruitment?

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84 Percent of U.S. Healthcare Providers Have No Cyber Security Leader

eSecurity Planet

And just 11 percent plan to add one in the coming year.

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The Section 702 Surveillance Debate Has Taken Place in the Dark

WIRED Threat Level

As the debate over Section 702 continues, those deciding its fate don't know basic facts about how it works.

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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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The "Extended Random" Feature in the BSAFE Crypto Library

Schneier on Security

Matthew Green wrote a fascinating blog post about the NSA's efforts to increase the amount of random data exposed in the TLS protocol, and how it interacts with the NSA's backdoor into the DUAL_EC_PRNG random number generator to weaken TLS.

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5 blog posts to keep your data on track in 2018

IBM Big Data Hub

There are many right ways companies are using data: to know their customers better and to keep up with their needs and expectations to drive loyalty without sacrificing privacy. Here are some recommended reads that will help you learn how to stay on your customers’ good side while still gaining the insights you need to stay competitive.

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Leaky RootsWeb Server Exposes Some Ancestry.com User Data

Threatpost

Ancestry.com closes parts of its community-driven genealogy site RootsWeb as it investigates a leaky server that exposed thousands of passwords, email addresses and usernames to the public internet.

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France Goes After WhatsApp For Sharing Data With Facebook, and More Security News This Week

WIRED Threat Level

A fake *Cuphead*, a WhatsApp privacy blow-up, and more of the week's top security news.

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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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Discover how your company can embrace “The Future of Digital”

OpenText Information Management

Embrace the Future of Digital – as data continues to reinvent our economy, just about every organisation in every sector must transform to a Digital Enterprise if they are to remain competitive and relevant. My favourite conversations involve hearing how customers are succeeding in navigating this digital change. Digitisation and AI are clearly having a … The post Discover how your company can embrace “The Future of Digital” appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Acoustical Attacks against Hard Drives

Schneier on Security

Interesting destructive attack: " Acoustic Denial of Service Attacks on HDDs ": Abstract : Among storage components, hard disk drives (HDDs) have become the most commonly-used type of non-volatile storage due to their recent technological advances, including, enhanced energy efficacy and significantly-improved areal density. Such advances in HDDs have made them an inevitable part of numerous computing systems, including, personal computers, closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems, medical bedsi

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Recapping the Data Governance Winter Conference and looking ahead to 2018 governance trends

IBM Big Data Hub

The 2017 Data Governance Winter Conference on 4 - 8 December covered topics ranging from how to start a data governance program to attaining data governance maturity to how to improve your organization’s information quality. After attending, Brian Mayer, business ready data practitioner, and Mark Lynch unified governance practice lead, discuss major data governance trends covered at the conference.

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The Most-read WIRED Security Stories of 2017

WIRED Threat Level

Numerous tales of hacking and breaches proves just how permeable the digital membrane can be.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Hong Kong to Further Regulate Drones

Data Matters

With the rise in drone usage for both commercial and recreational activities, air safety regulators around the world have increasingly focused on the impact of drones (otherwise known as unmanned aircraft systems or UAS) on flight safety and efficiency. Consistent with calls by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for more oversight, Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) recently announced plans to step up the regulation of commercial and recreational drones.

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Public interest journalism faces a serious threat from Paradise

The Guardian Data Protection

The offshore law firm at the heart of the Paradise Papers leak has chosen to sue in Britain for good – and worrying – reasons The Paradise Papers investigation into the dubious tax schemes of the world’s wealthiest inhabitants involved 96 media organisations across 67 countries. Appleby, the offshore law firm at the heart of the story, has launched breach-of-confidence proceedings against just two: the Guardian and the BBC.

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Almost a Third of All U.S. Businesses Were Breached in 2017

eSecurity Planet

And almost half of those breaches were caused by a third-party vendor or contractor.

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How SMEs can comply with the PCI DSS

IT Governance

Organisations that accept card payments are responsible for the security of customers’ payment information and must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The PCI DSS is a set of tools and measures to help you protect payment card data. It applies to all organisations that transmit, process or store such information, but small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be extra vigilant.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

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.

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Featured Floor: Clear Lake Chestnut LVP

TAB OnRecord

Tranquility Clear Lake Chestnut waterproof luxury vinyl plank (LVP) combines the look and feel of real hardwood with the easy maintenance of vinyl. This floor boasts rich, chocolate brown shades and authentic graining to add warmth and character to any space! Clear Lake Chestnut is featured in The Legacy Collection , a group of floors curated with the beauty of tradition in mind.

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eBay Listing Gets Better With These Productive Listing Management Inputs

The Schedule

Managing listing in eBay for better visibility and productivity is difficult to an extent that sellers often need to launch fresh battle strategies every single day. This is not just with small sellers, but with large established store owners as well. It does not matter whether you sell in fixed price or in auction, there are a few listing basics that need to maintained at all times for the sake of keeping heads above extremely competitive waters.

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How Tech Companies Woo Higher Ed (and What They Seek in Return)

Information Management Resources

Gifts are plentiful during the holidays. But Christmas came early for some higher-ed institutions in the form of freebies and discounts from big technology companies. Amazon gave Echo Dots. Apple also reached out with iPad Pros and other hardware at a discounted rate. Charitable? Perhaps. But these efforts are part of a longer-term strategy for these companies to train future workers in their technology.

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Employees open companies to security risks by working remotely

IT Governance

Many workers feel the need to check work emails while on holiday, according to a T-Systems study. Those who do so need to understand the importance of using a secure connection to make sure they are not compromising business security and confidentiality. Key findings included: 31% have used free Wi-Fi hotspots and 24% admitted to using them to access work emails and documents. 28% admitted to emailing work documents to and from their personal email address. 10% have used free USB charging points

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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FERC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Aimed at Expanding Data Breach Reporting Obligations

Hunton Privacy

On December 21, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) aimed at expanding mandatory reporting obligations in relation to cybersecurity incidents. In particular, FERC’s NOPR would direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to develop modifications to certain Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”) Reliability Standards so that those standards require mandatory reporting of cybersecurity incidents that com

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Weekly Update 67

Troy Hunt

It's Xmas! Well, it was Xmas but I (and hopefully you too) am still in that Xmas period haze where it's hard to tell one day from the next. Apparently, it's also hard to remember to hit record before talking about this week's updates so yeah, good one Troy! But I did eventually record a full update and in an otherwise slow news week, I thought I'd talk a little bit about Xmas down under in Australia.

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Post-Quantum Algorithms

Schneier on Security

NIST has organized a competition for public-key algorithms secure against a quantum computer. It recently published all of its Round 1 submissions. (Details of the NIST efforts are here. A timeline for the new algorithms is here.).