UTRECHT, Netherlands, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Rabobank, the Dutch multi-national bank and financial services company, is working with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to use cryptographic pseudonyms on its client’s personal data to innovate and comply with new financial regulations in the EU. (more…)
Studie zeigt geringes Wissen über Datenschutz bei Facebook auf
Die Einwilligung der Betroffenen gilt als wichtigster Ermächtigungsgrund zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten im Internet. In einer interdisziplinären Studie der Universität Wien wurde nun untersucht, ob Facebook-NutzerInnen tatsächlich “freiwillig, für den bestimmten Fall” und “in informierter Weise” in die verschiedenen Datenverarbeitungen einwilligen und entsprechend der rechtlichen Vorgaben auf ihre datenschutzrechtlichen Ansprüche verzichten. (more…)
Exuding her famous friendly Flo-ness, she greets you with a wink in her words and a plan for your auto coverage.
“Welcome friend! You’re looking positively radiant today,” she says, before sharing a photo of her true love: (more…)
In a recent blog post IMF Chief Christine Lagarde wrote, crypto-currencies ‘are typically built in a decentralized way and without the need for a central bank. This gives crypto-asset transactions an element of anonymity’. It’s bad as it opens ways for ‘money laundering and the financing of terrorism’. (more…)
Drone technology is quickly evolving –no longer just for military use, these flying robots now have a place within commercial enterprise. Also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, drones today have practical applications, like delivering packages for Amazon or allowing realtors to take aerial video to show off a sale property. (more…)
Statement from SEC reads: „The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Silicon Valley-based private company Theranos Inc., its founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani with raising more than $700 million from investors through an elaborate, years-long fraud in which they exaggerated or made false statements about the company’s technology, business, and financial performance.“ (more…)
77 percent of firms surveyed lack proper incident response plans; while 69 percent report funding for cyber resiliency is insufficient
CAMBRIDGE, MA – 14 Mar 2018: IBM Security (NYSE: IBM) today announced the results of a global study exploring the factors and challenges of being a Cyber Resilient organization. The study was conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Resilient and found that 77 percent of respondents admit they do not have a formal cyber security incident response plan (CSIRP) applied consistently across their organization. Nearly half of the 2800 respondents reported that their incident response plan is either informal/ad hoc or completely non-existent. (more…)
Imagine these scenarios: You search for prices of internet service providers (ISPs) in your area, and your ISP denies access to those prices. Or, you want to watch YouTube or Netflix videos, but your ISP, which has its own video services, may charge more or throttles the speed. (more…)
