big dataBig Abuse and reservations
Wrapping up our Big Data Week, in this post we talk about potential of abuse of Big Data, which is arguably extreme.
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In the age of Big Data risks are big too
Big Data means increased risks: a large-scale leak may lead to tremendous reputational damages, so cyber-resilience is extremely important.
Business NewsThe Biggest Leaks of 2013: No Occasional Victims
Media called 2013 the ‘year of personal data leaks’, and for a good reason: last year credentials of hundreds of people fell into the wrong hands. In this post, we
data leaksProtecting business parameters: why records of famous musicians leak before the time
It’s no wonder that every major figure in show business is not simply an artist, but is an entire business infrastructure. This type of infrastructure is comprised of marketing, sales
Information security digest: July 18 – August 18, 2013
Apple Developer Center down for a week It took Apple about a week to restore the functions of the Apple Developer Center following its crash on July 18. After about
Transparent opacity: retrieving confidence in cloud services
Using leased infrastructure for storing large amounts of data has been typical for several years. Leased capacities provide an advantage by allowing businesses to greatly reduce the cost of tending
California Attorney General urges companies to encrypt
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris recently published a report on data breaches in 2012. One might ask why the Attorney General is concerned with data security issues so much
Hot summer of 2012
In addition to the above examples, there were two other large scale and highly scandalous invasions in July and August of last year. The victims were users of the popular
Seven big leaks: who let the users’ data out
Last week members of CMS Drupal received terrifying news regarding a very serious problem – a massive data breach. The breach included leaked usernames, email addresses, users’ countries of residence
Charging Your Smartphone… What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
Modern smartphones consume so much energy that charging them once a day is not always enough. When they are used intensively, the user sometimes has to look for a power