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| White Paper: Rsam As enterprises continue to outsource more aspects of their operations to third parties, they expose themselves to more shared risk. It can be a staggering responsibility. Most organizations understand the need to automate vendor risk management activities to keep up with increasing scope and scrutiny. Yet they struggle to identify and prioritize the key features their VRM solution must provide so they can make a significant impact quickly. Read More ▶ |
| A new open-source tool called MBRFilter can protect the master boot record of Windows computers from modification by ransomware and other malicious attacks. Read More ▶ |
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| The advanced research arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence rolled out the Virtuous User Environment (VirtUE) program which the agency says “is looking to use the federal government’s impending migration to commercial cloud-based IT infrastructures and the current explosion of new virtualization and operating system concepts to create and demonstrate a more secure interactive user computing environment than the government has had in the past or likely to have in the near future.” Read More ▶ |
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| The key to securing against data breaches lies in a common metaphor—if a ship has a hole, it is better to patch the breach than bail the water. Read More ▶ |
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| The maintainers of Linux distributions are rushing to patch a privilege escalation vulnerability that's already being exploited in the wild and poses a serious risk to Linux based servers, desktops and other devices. Read More ▶ |
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| Considering how much significance Gartner is placing the future influence of artificial intelligence and algorithms, it comes as little surprise that the group is saying that technology will be one of the most strategic and potentially disruptive for 2017. At its Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, David Cearley, vice president and Gartner Fellow detailed the key technology trends for 2017 as the group sees them including how data science technologies are evolving to include advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence is helping create intelligent physical and software-based systems that are programmed to learn and adapt. Read More ▶ |
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| "There is significant evidence that the majority of primary healthcare visits are of little value to the patient, and represent a massive drain on trained physician time. Physician demand is outpacing supply, begging the need for alternatives," said Laura Craft, research director at Gartner. "Technology has advanced to the point where computers have become superior to the human mind; they are more accurate and consistent, and they are better at processing all the determinants of health and well-being than even the best of doctors." Read More ▶ |
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| The former National Security Agency contractor suspected of stealing U.S. hacking tools allegedly was found hoarding two decades' worth of classified materials. Read More ▶ |
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| Intel does not object to John McAfee using his personal name in connection with his business, but it objects to the use by the entrepreneur and security expert of the McAfee trade name and trademark in a way that could confuse or deceive consumers or dilute the brand. Read More ▶ |
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| White Paper: Trend Micro Incorporated The term "next-gen" is commonly cited by technology vendors to position a product as being innovative based on new and differentiated capabilities. Notable next-gen cybersecurity products include next-gen firewalls, the state of the art of which now represents the standard, current-generation firewall technology. Read More ▶ |
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