The Simultaneous Growth of Data and Cybercrime

Data is all around us and unfortunately, so are hacker attacks. Everything that we do digitally not only results in incessant new data but also exposes our digital footprints to prying eyes. This interesting and important information came to us from Security Magazine in their article, “Unstructured data growth increases risk of ransomware and data…

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Hackers in the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has made many systems and situations more vulnerable to hackers and nefarious thieves. This news came to us from the Indy Star in their article, “Cyber company obtains data from 750,000 Hoosiers in attack on Indiana COVID tracing survey.” With the ongoing growth in technology, it is no surprise that the growth…

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Machine Learning and Cybersecurity

Unsupervised learning uses machine learning algorithms to analyze and cluster unlabeled datasets. These algorithms discover hidden patterns or data groupings without the need for human intervention. It uses clustering techniques to look at data and group it largely to determine whether a behavior is normal or anomalous. Tech Republic brought this topic to us in…

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Data Access and Security

How do you both measure and offer trust to satisfy the interests of business value creation and data governance leaders? This interesting topic came to us from Tech Wire in their article, “Trusted Analytics in the Cloud Starts with Data Discovery and Privacy.” Maintaining customer trust that data would be handled responsibly in new cloud-hosted…

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Security Insights

Predictive analytics is finding its niche in various applications across various industries. One of those is helping businesses identify security threats. Business Wire brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Predictive Analytics in Cybersecurity: How Does It Help Prevent a Data Breach.” The cybersecurity environment is shifting. Firms and government agencies are faced…

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Data Security is a Top Concern

Cybersecurity has always been an area of concern across all types of business, but a few have been more frequent topics than others, such as financial institutions and healthcare providers. Now, with so many schools online in non-traditional instruction from home over virtual video conferencing platforms for the past year, the concern for issues has…

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Cybercrime Takes No Break

The cyberattack on one of the largest pipeline operators in the country was a reminder that our infrastructure is seen as easy prey by complex cybercrime networks. CRN brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IBM CEO Arvind Krishna On The Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack, The ‘Worrisome’ Chip Shortage And The Future Of…

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Security Concern with Membership Inferences in Machine Learning Data

Machine learning can turn any kind of data into mathematical equations. Once you train a machine learning model you get a set of numerical parameters. In most cases, the model no longer needs the training dataset and uses the tuned parameters to map new and unseen examples to categories or value predictions. Tech Talks brought this interesting…

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Fighting Cybercrime with Technology

Machine learning is growing along with its ability to provide deep insights using big data. Information Week brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “4 Machine Learning Challenges for Threat Detection.” Many organizations are developing deliberate machine learning to see how their companies can benefit, and a popular focus is on cybersecurity.…

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Fighting Cybercrime in the Clouds

At first glance, cloud computing and cybersecurity might feel like polar opposites. The first requires storing your data off-site, and the second requires building virtual walls around it, protecting your data at all costs. Cloud computing means outsourcing, trusting a vendor to keep your data and transactions safe. Cybersecurity means keeping it all close, trusting on-site staff,…

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