Voting in the United States carries a huge privacy cost: states give away or sell voters' personal information to anyone who wants it. In this era of content micro-targeting, rampant misinformation and identity theft schemes, this trade in voters' personal data is both dangerous and irresponsible.
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) has exploded, sometimes overshadowing the real uses and innovations happening every day at organizations across the globe. The reality is that applying AI and ML to data-dependent challenges presents the opportunity for better security, faster...
Financial services have historically been at the forefront of adapting to changes in technology, regulations and consumer behavior. While businesses focus on the challenges of customer experience, digital transformation and cloud adoption, the industry is dealing with increased risks posed by operational challenges...
More than two weeks after announcing that the Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, had been hacked, the Department of Health and Human Services has revealed that the breach exposed a wealth of information, including partial Social Security numbers and immigration status.
Hackers behind the FASTCash ATM cash-out attack campaign - tied by the U.S. government to North Korea - use Trojan code designed to exploit bank networks running outdated versions of IBM's AIX Unix operating system, Symantec warns.
The journey to modernization has its challenges, including an increase in events that are more difficult to monitor due to a diverse hybrid cloud/legacy infrastructure. Real-time IT monitoring tools lead to earlier detection and fewer critical events that could place an agency's mission at risk.
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The shift to digital transformation and new technologies increases what can be the biggest risk to your mission: a lack of real-time, end-to-end visibility into systems and operations. Individual department goals lead to a heterogenous landfill of products and systems managed in silos, challenging visibility and...
Choosing the right platform to build your agency's security operations center is arguably more important than choosing any point security product. But are you aware of the criteria you should consider when evaluating which Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform to choose?
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Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is soaring, but confusion and hype can mask the real benefits of these technologies. Organizations need to identify use cases that will produce value for them, especially in the areas of enhancing processes, detecting anomalies and enabling predictive...
The financial services industry has unique challenges that often prevent it from achieving its strategic goals. The keys to solving these issues are hidden in machine data - the largest category of big data - which is both untapped and full of potential.
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Healthcare organizations are mandated to raise revenues and lower expenses, provide better service and protect against data breaches or violations that might result in fines. What many organizations don't realize is that machine data from applications in a healthcare facility can be used to provide insights into some...
One of the biggest challenges facing IT ops in agencies today is the lack of visibility across the entire infrastructure.
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Boards of directors need effective communication and collaboration in order to reach their goals and fulfill the mission of the organization. Unfortunately, this puts corporate secretaries, general counsels and main board administrators under a lot of pressure to manage, secure and govern board...
With the U.S. midterm elections occurring on Tuesday, the "trump" keyword remains king for spammers. "Spam campaigners understand the value of brands, and for spam as for ballots, and whether for or against, the election is all about Trump," security firm Proofpoint says.
Organizations that don't properly guard their employees' healthcare data and violate HIPAA privacy standards are liable for large fines and often suffer significant brand damage and other negative consequences.
If hackers break into a healthcare company's systems, or an employee leaves a laptop in a coffee shop or...
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