YMCA Fined for Data Breach, ICO Raises Concerns About Privacy

YMCA Fined for Data Breach, ICO Raises Concerns About Privacy

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for stronger protections for people living with HIV who are being denied “basic dignity and privacy” by repeated data breaches that disclose their HIV status. This comment comes as the ICO has fined the Central YMCA £7,500 for a data breach that affected  people living with HIV. The YMCA breach saw emails intended for those on a HIV support program sent to 264 email addresses using carbon copy…

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Hacking and Cybersecurity

Hacking and Cybersecurity

Trends to Look Out for in 2024 By Yashin Manraj, CEO, Pvotal Technologies For cybersecurity professionals, remaining effective requires staying on top of a constantly evolving arsenal of attack strategies deployed by hackers. As soon as one area is secured, another can come under siege. In some cases, the hackers keep their focus on the same sector, simply changing the attack vector to account for new security controls. As we approach 2024, the following are…

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Docker and JFrog partner to further secure Docker Hub | Docker

Docker and JFrog partner to further secure Docker Hub | Docker

Like any large platform on the internet (such as GitHub, YouTube, GCP, AWS, Azure, and Reddit), Docker Hub, known for its functionality and collaborative environment, can become a target for large-scale malware and spam campaigns. Today, security researchers at JFrog announced that they identified millions of spam repositories on Docker Hub without images that have malicious links embedded in the repository descriptions/metadata. To be clear, no malicious container images were discovered by JFrog. Rather, these…

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AI is set to transform hiring requirements: Report

AI is set to transform hiring requirements: Report

“AI is transforming the way we work, creating new opportunities for innovation and growth, while simultaneously posing unprecedented challenges, especially when it comes to talent,” Ken Englund, EY Americas Technology, Media and Telecommunications Leader, said in a statement. “Our recent pulse poll demonstrates that technology companies generally have a positive sentiment toward the next productivity wave. There’s a lot of excitement at these companies in terms of how they will successfully apply their own industry…

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Tableau further democratizes analytics with AI-fueled features

Tableau further democratizes analytics with AI-fueled features

“Ask” Q&A. This feature provides users the ability to explore metrics with natural language. For example, a marketing executive could use the feature to ask, “Which market is contributing the most to lead gen in my campaign?” Tableau Pulse will then send insights for that metric directly to the executive’s preferred communications platform: Slack, email, mobile device, etc. Metrics Bootstrapping. This feature enables users to save calculations from a Tableau dashboard directly to Tableau’s metrics…

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Computing that’s purpose-built for a more energy-efficient, AI-driven future

Computing that’s purpose-built for a more energy-efficient, AI-driven future

In parts one and two of this AI blog series, we explored the strategic considerations and networking needs for a successful AI implementation. In this blog I focus on data center infrastructure with a look at the computing power that brings it all to life. Just as humans use patterns as mental shortcuts for solving complex problems, AI is about recognizing patterns to distill actionable insights. Now think about how this applies to the data…

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How We’re Navigating Parenthood, Careers, and Connection at Cisco

How We’re Navigating Parenthood, Careers, and Connection at Cisco

Once upon a time, there were two Stanford University employees — a husband and wife — who weren’t able to email one another because their computers were on different networks. Eventually, they figured out a way to connect their computers, developing the multiprotocol router. The year was 1984, and this new connection … well, it’s how Cisco was born! And thanks to the innovations of Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, my husband and I are…

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

Communities such as Apex Assembly, the CIO Association of Canada, the Gartner Peer Community, the Global CIO Forum, HotTopics CIO Community, the IDC CIO Executive Council, the MIT Sloan CIO Community, SIM, the Digital Trailblazer Community, The Technology Leadership Board, and the Women Tech Network. CIOs and IT leaders local and virtual IT leadership events from C-Vision, CDM Media, Constellation Research, ET-x, Evanta, Foundry, Forrester, Gartner, HMG Strategy, Info-Tech, Sinc, and others.  Open and free-to-register…

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Microsoft to invest $1.7 billion in Indonesia to expand cloud infra

Microsoft to invest $1.7 billion in Indonesia to expand cloud infra

When Microsoft posted its quarterly earnings last week, its CFO Amy Hood said that customers wanted more cloud compute for their AI workloads than the company could supply. Analysts say that other hyperscalers, such as AWS and Google Cloud, too face the same issue. Microsoft, according to analysts, has penned down a budget of over $50 billion for 2024 to update and expand its data center infrastructure. The company recently said it was investing $2.9 billion and…

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Increasing cybersecurity awareness and skills training across India

Increasing cybersecurity awareness and skills training across India

The Social Impact Partner Spotlight series highlights various Cisco non-profit organization partners that are helping transform the lives of individuals and communities. This blog features Cisco’s partnership with the NIIT Foundation, highlighting its impactful work around cybersecurity education and awareness. India has the world’s second-largest internet user base. While digitization is rapidly increasing, the vulnerability towards cyber threats is also rising. A major threat to security is around personal information, organizational data, and national security….

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