Spotlight on Analytics and AI Spotlight on Analytics and AI

Welcome to our Spotlight on Analytics and AI, which coincides with the Big Data & Analytics Innovation Summit in Sydney on 21-22 September. Here we’ll examine how organisations are meeting some of the challenges of managing, analysing and visualising data – and how leading enterprises are gaining competitive advantages through machine learning and AI.

Active duty servicemen also affected by massive VA data breach

Active duty servicemen also affected by massive VA data breach

Active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces may also have had their personal information compromised in last month’s breach of the personal data of 26.5 million veterans.
Frank Washkuch Jun 5 2006 7:39PM Security
Personnel shakeup at VA follows data breach

Personnel shakeup at VA follows data breach

Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson made a series of personnel changes this week following last month’s theft of the personal data of more than 26.5 million veterans.
Frank Washkuch Jun 1 2006 7:06PM Security
University of Texas suffers second data breach in three years

University of Texas suffers second data breach in three years

More than 197,000 personal records were exposed in a security breach at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, school officials said this week.
Ericka Chickowski Apr 26 2006 6:07AM Security
Holographic breakthrough boosts data encryption and storage

Holographic breakthrough boosts data encryption and storage

Japanese scientists have predicted a bright future for holographic data encryption and storage, promising that holographic technology could be developed to allow massive amounts of encrypted data to be accessed at very high speeds.
William Eazel Apr 18 2006 10:33AM Security
U.K. firms fail to encrypt data

U.K. firms fail to encrypt data

U.K. businesses are failing to adopt the security controls needed to protect customers' information, according to the 2006 Department of Trade and Industry's biennial Information Security Breaches Survey.
William Eazel Apr 12 2006 10:24AM Security
EPIC wants fraudulent data collection overruled

EPIC wants fraudulent data collection overruled

A leading privacy organization took lawyers to task over the use of data collected by fraudulent means.
Ericka Chickowski Feb 23 2006 9:54PM Security
Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer

Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer

A Florida man convicted of one of the largest data-intrusion crimes ever committed was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison.
Dan Kaplan Feb 23 2006 9:37PM Security
ADI rebrands for 2006 growth

ADI rebrands for 2006 growth

Advanced Data Integration has welcomed the new year with the announcement of a new growth strategy.
Staff Writers Jan 10 2006 2:54PM Software
Marriott customer data missing

Marriott customer data missing

A division of the Marriott International hotel empire has notified more than 200,000 clients of back-up security tapes missing from the company’s Orlando corporate offices.
Frank Washkuch Dec 28 2005 8:31PM Security
Fortune 100 sites leaking sensitive data

Fortune 100 sites leaking sensitive data

The websites of many Fortune 100 firms host publicly accessible files that reveal potentially sensitive metadata and other hidden information such as user names and email addresses, newly published research has revealed.
William Eazel Dec 16 2005 9:25AM Security
So much stolen data, so little time

So much stolen data, so little time

Data breaches have, so far, been rarely used for financial fraud, a new study on recent incidents has shown.
Frank Washkuch Dec 12 2005 9:49PM Security
Senate to consider data privacy act

Senate to consider data privacy act

A new data privacy bill took a step towards becoming law this month when it was forwarded by a U.S. Senate committee.
Frank Washkuch Nov 28 2005 9:49PM Security
Backup encryption failures leave data in peril

Backup encryption failures leave data in peril

Potentially sensitive corporate data is being placed unnecessarily at risk because less than a quarter of companies currently encrypt their backup tapes, newly published research has claimed.
William Eazel Nov 24 2005 10:28AM Security
Consumers teach companies a lesson for losing data

Consumers teach companies a lesson for losing data

Customers are "actively punishing" companies that lose their confidential and private information, research published today has claimed.
William Eazel Nov 16 2005 12:08PM Security
Microsoft urges US government to revamp data privacy laws

Microsoft urges US government to revamp data privacy laws

Microsoft has called on the US government to implement a "comprehensive legislative approach" to the issue of data privacy.
William Eazel Nov 4 2005 12:29PM Security
Keeping out the data thieves

Keeping out the data thieves

The digitization of virtually all of modern businesses’ intellectual property puts us in a situation today where we are vulnerable to a new breed of security threat. High capacity digital storage devices, such as the USB flash drives, home broadband connections with VPN and the threat of malware are all mechanisms by which thieves can get their hands on your data.
Staff Writers Oct 26 2005 3:25PM Security
Storage managers in the dark over Continuous Data Protection

Storage managers in the dark over Continuous Data Protection

Although many enterprises are enthusiastic about rolling out continuous data protection (CDP) systems to improve the effectiveness of their data backup services, many do not understand how the technology actually works, according to IDC.
William Eazel Oct 25 2005 10:56AM Security
Delpride launches BI consultancy

Delpride launches BI consultancy

Data warehousing and storage management provider Delpride has launched a business intelligence consultancy called GT Consulting.
Fleur Doidge Oct 12 2005 4:25PM Software
Data recovery booms via channel

Data recovery booms via channel

Information retrieval specialist CBL Data Recovery has trebled its reseller numbers this year and plans to add more to reinforce a wave of demand for disaster recovery services.
Fleur Doidge Oct 5 2005 5:42PM Security
Malware targeting confidential data on the rise

Malware targeting confidential data on the rise

The internet saw an increase in malicious code that exposed confidential information as online criminals sought to make a profit, according to Symantec.
Marcia Savage Sep 19 2005 10:02PM Security

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