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16 Retail Trailblazers To Learn From In 2019

Forrester IT

On our morning news feeds, we see headlines chock-full of emerging tech that is supposedly changing the game for next generation retail experiences. Somehow those hover-boarding delivery robots, AmazonGo check out knock-offs and frighteningly-accurate computer vision powered taco stands are most certainly going to put you out of business. No, not quite.

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New tool automates phishing attacks that bypass 2FA

CTOvision

A new penetration testing tool published at the start of the year by a security researcher can automate phishing attacks with an ease never seen before and can even blow through login operations for accounts protected by two-factor authentication (2FA). Named Modlishka –the English pronunciation of the Polish word for mantis– this new tool was created […].

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How edge computing can help secure the IoT

Network World

Data created by Internet of Things (IoT) sensors must be secured better, say some. A simple password-on-device solution is no longer sufficient thanks to increasing data protection regulations, a new public awareness of tracking, and hugely proliferating devices. A new kind of architecture using Security Agents should be aggressively built into local routers and networks to handle IoT security and computation rather than offloading the number-crunching to a data center or the cloud, or indeed t

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Marriott data breach exposed 5 million unencrypted passport numbers

CTOvision

More than 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen as part of the Marriott data breach last year, according to an update from the hotel giant. The information accessed in the breach, which was first disclosed on Nov. 30th, also includes approximately 20.3 million encrypted passport numbers, the Bethesda, Md.-based hotel chain revealed in an online […].

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Now That You Have IoT, How Do You Manage It?

Information Week

A key to success with an IoT strategy is to keep the IT group involved in the process even at the pilot stage.

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German cyber-attack: man admits massive data breach, say police

CTOvision

A 20-year-old man has admitted to police that he was behind one of the country’s biggest data breaches, in which the private details of almost 1,000 public figures were leaked. The man, who lives with his parents in the central German state of Hesse and is still in the education system, told police he had acted […].

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Malvertising Campaign Delivers Info-Stealer Plus Ransomware

CTOvision

Security researchers have warned users of P2P sites of a new malvertising campaign featuring a twin threat: info-stealing malware and ransomware. By registering rogue advertising domains, the attackers are able to direct torrent site visitors to two different exploit kits: Fallout EK and GrandSoft EK, according to Malwarebytes. Those unlucky enough to be pushed according to geolocation […].

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Exploring the economic realities of cybersecurity insurance | Salted Hash Ep 43

Network World

Guest host Juliet Beauchamp talks with senior writer J.M. Porup about the newly created cybersecurity insurance industry, and how a policy could fit into an organization's overall security strategy to help minimize risk.

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Protecting businesses from insider threats with machine learning

CTOvision

Machine learning and AI are the latest tools being utilized by businesses to help prevent cybercrime and stop cyber attacks. However, what if these same tools could be used to help stop insider threats such as employees leaking or misusing company data? TechRadar Pro spoke with Jazz Networks’ CEO Hani Mustafa who explained how businesses have […].

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In the Digital Evolution of Entertainment, Data Gets a Starring Role

Dataconomy

The digital revolution has completely changed the way we buy and rent movies. Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Google and other on-demand entertainment service providers have made the brick-and-mortar video stores irrelevant. In July 2018, in Bend, Oregon, the last standing Blockbuster store shut its doors for good. That’s quite a comedown. The post In the Digital Evolution of Entertainment, Data Gets a Starring Role appeared first on Dataconomy.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Change Impact Assessment

Future of CIO

Change is the new normal with increasing pace. The only certainty leaders of organizations will have is that their business will change. It is only a matter of time. Corporate change can be a simple modification of strategy, a business process improvement or a more radical digital transformation. The change must be defined in its base elements and associated benefits to be achieved via financial, market share, or productivity perspectives.

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Playing Innovation Oddballs: Diversify the Diversity

Future of CIO

The world now moves to the new era of hyper-connectivity, over-complexity, and fierce competition. Although information is abundant and knowledge are only clicks away, many say well still live in the age of the information rich and insight poor. Organizations today desperately need business insight and foresight to move faster because knowledge can be outdated so soon and business lifespan is significantly shortened.

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The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 1/11/2019

Future of CIO

Blogging is not about writing, but about thinking, brainstorming, innovating and sharing. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 2.8 million page views with 5300+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The “ Digital Master ” book series includes 25 books to share insight from the multidimensional digital lens and perceive the multi-faceted impact the digital era upon us is making to the businesses and society.