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Social networks, intelligence, and homeland security - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

However social network analysis has been applied by intelligence agencies and law enforcement for decades. Interestingly, two Australian software companies are world leaders in applying social network analysis in these domains. Insurance and retail fraud are other important applications. This is a field set for massive growth.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Physical security of digital systems When most IT people think of computer security, they think of clever hackers who infiltrate their systems through the internet. Chance of succeeding: The basic algorithms work well; the challenge is social resistance.

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Relationships in the Self-Sovereign Internet of Things

Phil Windley

Summary: DIDComm-capable agents provide a flexible infrastructure for numerous internet of things use cases. In The Self-Sovereign Internet of Things , I introduced the role that Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) can play in the internet of things (IoT). Doug also has a relationship with his insurance company.

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Peer-to-peer banking - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

They get a very hefty spread for lending to individuals, however they do some things to create that value, including insurance (by pooling loans), risk assessment (making independent and accurate assessment of creditworthiness), and convenience (at their best!). This is not possible by a financial institution.

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Seven MegaTrends of Professional Services - #4 Transparency - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

The controversy on the payments its Marsh insurance brokerage arm was making to insurers, unbeknownst to its clients, resulted in a settlement of $850 million to policyholders. In a world of email and the Internet, it’s certainly very easy for it to escape. Clients and competitors can login and have a peek if they wish.

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Thoughts from the Walkley Public Affairs conference - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

As I walked in, Sam Mostyn of IAG was saying, reflecting on what shed seen at the insurer, that what builds loyalty and commitment is trust. This is deeply relevant to the issue of blocking or allowing social networks in the enterprise. On the next panel, Mark Pesce commented that social networks in Australia are extremely shallow.

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How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day

The Verge

She uses her iPhone and consumer software to make her videos, and I’ve got to say, she has one of the healthiest relationships with the social platforms of maybe any creator I’ve ever talked to: she thinks of them purely as marketing channels for the video courses she sells elsewhere. The social media channels are my main marketing.

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