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Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks

The Verge

The Register reports that security researchers at Pen Test Partners recently got access to a British Airways 747, after the airline decided to retire its fleet following a plummet in travel during the coronavirus pandemic. The tour is part of this year’s virtual Def Con conference, the US’ largest hacker conference. inch floppy disks.

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Changing Times Cause CIOs To Change Their Priorities

The Accidental Successful CIO

Another example of a person with CIO job who did a pivot can be found at United Airlines. The airlines stopped every project it was working on in order to determine which were the most critical. At United Airlines their plans to deploy touchless kiosks were sped up and quickly deployed to airports.

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Top Technology News Ticker for 6 June 2016

CTOvision

After acquisition by Google, Nest got "virtually unlimited budget", quadrupled employees, had no new products, caused constant bad PR, and may be for sale now (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica). American Airlines signs contract with ViaSat for in-flight Wi-Fi on some of its planes, ending Gogo's exclusivity (Mike Freeman/Los Angeles Times).

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What IT leaders from BlackBerry, CN and Microsoft Canada and more predict for the future of InfoSec

CIO Business Intelligence

McClurg is among the speakers at The Canadian CSO Future of Information Security Summit , taking place virtually May 18 and 19. who will share strategies on communication with boards of directors, and United Airlines Vice President and CISO Deneen DeFiore, who will address and creating a corporate culture of security. The solution?

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What is predictive analytics? Transforming data into future insights

CIO Business Intelligence

Airlines frequently use predictive analytics to set ticket prices reflecting past travel trends. Predictive analytics use cases Organizations today use predictive analytics in a virtually endless number of ways. As such it can help adopters find ways to save and earn money. How should an organization begin with predictive analytics?

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Revenge Hack Against a Security Researcher

SecureWorld News

And hackers have been trying to exact virtual revenge ever since. Vinny Troia is the opening keynote at the virtual SecureWorld Boston on July 15. One afternoon, I drafted an email to the CEO and CISO of a major airline company. "One One afternoon, I drafted an email to the CEO and CISO of a major airline company.

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Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO

GeekWire

She previously held IT roles at Tyler Technologies, Novartis-Alcon Labs and Southwest Airlines. The startup develops virtual assistants for sales, marketing and customer service teams. Seattle virtual primary care startup 98point6 appointed Fukiko Ogisu as its chief operating officer. Qumulo does not have an overall CTO.