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Are Privacy Concerns Halting Smart Cities Indefinitely?

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It looks like the design of today’s smart cities may not be smart enough. In October, Ann Cavoukian, the Director of Privacy for Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs smart neighborhood project in Toronto, resigned after learning that not all data collected from residents would be de-identified at the source. In her resignation letter, Cavoukian likened the project to a “smart city of …

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5 Myths About Data Breaches

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Not sure what’s fact and what’s fiction when it comes to data breaches? Check out the top five data breach myths we’ve heard of…and the reality behind them! Data Breach Myth 1: Only Major Companies get Targeted for Data Breaches Reality: Any company of any size can be the target of a cyber-attack. We often only see news reports about …

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Accounting for Change: Why Finance Should Lead Technology Adoption

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It’s difficult to discuss digital transformation without mentioning sales and marketing. Both business units are usually at the forefront of tech adoption due to their entrenchment in the customer-driven change market, while finance is sometimes left to swim on its own. However, if businesses want to achieve true digital transformation and remain competitive it’s imperative that finance and accounting keep …

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Key Takeaways from Cisco’s Cybersecurity Annual Report

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In January, Cisco published its 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report, which gave a rundown of the challenges that face Chief Security Officers (CSOs) in today’s digital work environment. As part of the report, some 3,000 CSOs and security operations leaders from around the world shared their insights on what is plaguing their company. Headaches ranged from new emerging threats to chronic …

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Sharing: The #1 Reason Your Company Security Will Be Breached

In Security by Shelly KramerLeave a Comment

Many companies are headed to the cloud these days looking for new and better ways to collaborate, store, and share information. Is yours? Whether you’re going the public, private, or hybrid route, moving to the cloud is a very popular decision—in fact, you’ll find 93 percent of companies share your strategy. Of course you didn’t adopt cloud because you wanted …