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Protecting Your Supply Chain with Data-Aware Security

CIO Business Intelligence

One need only look at the infamous Target breach of 2014 , which exposed the data of nearly 110 million individuals due to a backdoor that a contractor inadvertently created, to realize that an organization is only as secure as the weakest link in its supply chain. Manage the risk. The bottom line?

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly on Data

But in 2013 and 2014, it remained stuck at 83% , and while in the ten years since, it has reached 95% , it had become clear that the easy money that came from acquiring more users was ending. The next generation will shape human cognition, creativity, and interaction even more profoundly. The market was maturing. I think not.

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4 Reasons Why GRC Is a Useless Term

John Wheeler

It has been 5 years since Gartner embarked on the journey to enhance our coverage of the risk management technology marketplace. That journey included in-depth survey research and countless interactions with our end-user clients to understand their need to better manage strategic, operational and IT/cybersecurity risks.

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Encryption Importance in the Age of Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

However, unsecured connections , interactions, and sites continue to haunt users. It was found in 2014 that even the HTTPS protocol has certain limitations. It’s an indication that the page you’re on has reached you through HTTPS, the secure web protocol, different from the plain HTTP of old times. The loopholes.

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Stablecoins: Solving the cryptocurrency volatility crisis

O'Reilly on Data

This, of course, is in an effort to move forward the culture of open source, from static code branches sitting in source trees to living and evolving useful systems ready for live interaction, still egalitarian and open access in nature. With the rise of stablecoins, businesses incur smaller currency risks and transaction fees.

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Sirius Acquires Champion Solutions Group and MessageOps

CDW Research Hub

This marks Sirius’ ninth acquisition since 2014, including Brightlight Consulting, Avnet, Inc.’s Our mission of helping our clients reduce costs, increase productivity and mitigate risk will continue within the Sirius brand.”. Our solutions change and improve the way people work, interact, and adopt technology.

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Data Privacy in the Digital Age: A Right or a Luxury?

Smart Data Collective

Caspar referenced the Cambridge Analytica fiasco and the data leak that affected over 500 million Facebook users to highlight the risks of mass profiling and how it can be used to influence political decisions. Most people don’t realize just how much data is being collected whenever we interact with a digital platform.