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For many strands of businesses, collaboration is an increasingly common activity as companies pool resources and combine technology. An example of this is with drug development and this needs data governance.
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Control of personal digital identity is of increasing importance, given the number and nature of breaches recorded. A leading expert looks at the challenges racing consumers and business with maintaining their identities.
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Ireland's data regulator has launched an official inquiry into Facebook after details on 533 million users were leaked on a hacking website, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Facebook has been involved in a large data breach. While this itself raises questions for social media, the incident also acts as a timely reminder for companies to undertake a data audit and review.
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A review of the FBI and U.S. CISA’s warnings of APT groups exploiting Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities, targeting systems of government, technology and commercial services has sounded a dire warning.
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Smart devices offer many conveniences. However, smart devices are also designed to collect data and in countries like the U.S. it is permissible for companies to bundle and sell the data, including to the government.
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A new survey finds that 30 percent of people have never backed up their files, 113 phones are lost or stolen every minute, and 1 in 10 computers are infected with viruses each month.
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The end of the month sees World Backup Day and it is important that businesses develop best practices for backing up their backups, ensuring that important and sensitive files are captured.
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Today, March 31st, is World Backup Day - which means it is a great opportunity for individuals and businesses to put in place measures to protect their data.
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Numbers are important. They are needed for measurements and calculations, and they help to process how we think about the world and interact with others. For this week’s column, we look at new developments in maths.
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Astronomy has always relied on mathematics and the collection of information. However, the digital data revolution has enabled new insights to be obtained. Three examples of this are presented.
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At times personnel performance has dipped in companies due to the challenges around the coronavirus pandemic. However, managers need to ensure that objectives are met and the best approach is through data measuring and analysis.
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The smart city concept promises new and exciting ways to coordinate the city, including service provision and managing traffic and safety. Yet many city dwellers remain concerned about privacy. Can a new standard help?
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New data relating to mistrust for customer services technology suggests that distrust is bleeding into everyday life, with a sizable number of people preferring face-to-face interactions with another person rather than an automated service.
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Data suggests that artificial intelligence has transformed industries throughout the pandemic. What else is on the horizon for some of the AI trends in infancy, and what these changes look like in a post-pandemic world?
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Like many professions, underwriting has been disrupted by the pandemic. Underwriting remains of economic importance, evaluating the future performance of property. Yet to meet the new challenges, the profession needs to turn to digital data.
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We may be more dependent upon technology than ever before, especially given the rise in remote working. However, this does not mean out feelings towards technology have necessarily altered, as a new survey reveals.
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Businesses need to see data as 'the new gold', the essential aspect that will enable expansion. To draw meaningful inferences from data, businesses need to embrace data science and supportive technologies.
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In the technology world, one of the major talking points centers on the challenges regarding consumer data privacy. There is no coherent approach, however, and many people have strong, and differing, opinions about privacy.
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Consumer protection is California was boosted in November 2020 with the California Privacy Rights Act amendment. Signs are that businesses are now accepting the increased legislation as part of the a 'new normal'.
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The Amber Group, a Jamaican government contractor, left an AWS cloud storage server exposed without a password. The exposed information included 70,000 negative COVID-19 lab results, plus personal data relating to patients.
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The rise in cyberattacks continues to cause concern and there are signs that hackers are becoming more sophisticated, staking out companies for months in advance. What is to be done?
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Reported by the Kaspersky Fraud Prevention, it appears that from January to December 2020 fraudulent transaction in the finance industry was on the rise. The share of such incidents increased from 34 percent in 2019 to 54 percent in 2020.
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Many citizens are unaware of and uninformed in relation to how their personal information is being used, collected or shared in the digital society, especially by business venture. For this reason awareness about regulations is important.
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As Data Privacy Day reminds us, we need to understand exactly why we consented to giving away a portion of our personal, what we consented to, when we consented to it, and what data is collected.
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For companies to take the issue of data privacy seriously they need to engage with the consumer and enable the consumer to select which elements of their personal data they share and ensure the consumer understands why. An expert outlines how.
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The last week in January sees the marking the importance of protecting the rights of individuals from the business world. This is marked on January 28, through Data Privacy Day. An expert looks at the measures that businesses can be taking.
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Data privacy regulations, in parallel with consumer awareness,are set to increase in 2021. This presents challenges for businesses and the best course of action is to get ahead of the curve. A business insider provides advice.
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Concern over personal data privacy continues to grow as many globally continue to work from home throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As attacks increase however, some users are unaware of the importance of setting up their devices correctly.
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Data Privacy Day provides a useful reminder to businesses in terms of updating and refreshing their systems. This is not simply technological since thought needs to go into the overall approach as well.
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54 percent of IT leaders say their businesses will fail if they don't digitally transform within four years rawpixel.com / Pexels
Feel free to download and review the data found in this FDA chart. Draw your own conclusions and engage in the debate. Kirsch I, Deacon B, Huedo-Medina T, Scoboria A, Moore T, Johnson B
Representation of data at the Design Museum, London.
Apple's Maiden data centre, as first shown off by Steve Jobs The Register
Image of data (based on the letter sequence of DNA), from the Barbican Centre, London.
Big Data Toronto 2018 Conference & Expo Big Data Conference
Graphic showing the different ways that numerical data is expressed in different cultures (Barbican Centre, London).
Investors are pumping millions of dollars into encryption as unease about data security drives a rising need for ways to keep unwanted eyes away from personal and corporate information Thomas Samson, AFP/File
One of the political messages displayed at the the Massive Attack concert.
Abstract data image. Photo by Angela Grammatas, Noiszy. Angela Grammatas
Over a thousand New York listings removed from Airbnb website before the company took a snapshot it used for publicity. InsideAirbnb
A researcher preparing to launch a CPR to record plankton and particulate matter, working aboard R/V Oceanus in the western North Atlantic. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
An update will give companies even deeper insights into their data Pexels / Negative Space
Data is the new oil. Chiffre01 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Firmbee.com / Unsplash
Just 1 in 10 digital transformation projects are successful - a worrying sign for tech leaders at established companies Startup Stock Photos / Pexels
Graph from a report claiming the iPhone now has over 100 million U.S. users CIRP
The AIDR project for classifying noisy Twitter data after a disaster Patrick Meier, iRevolutions
Representation of graphical data at the Design Museum, London.
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