Meet Fancy Bear
… “Fancy Bear is
Russia, or at least a branch of the Russian government, taking the gloves off,”
said one official in the Department of Defense. “It’s unlike anything else
we’ve seen, and so we are struggling with writing a new playbook to respond.”
When card readers in stores started to be secured, ATMs
became the lowest hanging fruit.
Cashing Out: ATMs Try to Stop Wave of Cyberattacks
The ATM is the newest front in the war against
cyberthieves.
A year after millions of U.S. merchants began installing
equipment at the check-out line to accept credit and debit cards with
security chips, the automated teller machine is getting similar technology.
The move comes as thieves increasingly target ATMs. While chip-enabled credit cards are expected
to slow growth in fraud at the checkout counter, the number of ATMs compromised
by criminals jumped more than sixfold from 2014, according to a recent report
from FICO, a credit-score provider and analytics firm. FICO says the number of 2015 compromises was
the highest it ever recorded, though it declined to disclose specific numbers.
Something for my Governance students to debate.
Is Data Governance the CDO's Responsibility?
Data governance was a hot topic at the recent MIT Chief
Data Officer and Information Quality (CDOIQ) Symposium.
… Many observers
insist the chief data officer's involvement in data governance is essential.
… Yet data
governance isn't the chief data officer's only or, debatably, even most
important job.
Something to share with all my students.
Big Data and Analytics: Creating New Value
The massive amount of data available from connected
devices creates an unprecedented opportunity for increased optimization of
products and services -- and, consequently, revenue. The deep investment in big data gathering and
analytics is fueled by an ability to create added value for companies based on actionable business insights, and to create
added value for consumers by providing lifestyle
benefits.
While gathering and analyzing data comes at a substantial
cost, the return can be great for businesses and impacts almost every facet of
business operations.
I’m surprised someone hasn’t figured how to make money by
selling Pacer data cheaper.
Judge to determine whether Pacer fees are too high for public
access
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Oct 15, 2016
Via NextGov – Cost of Electronic Access to US Court
Filings Faces Major Legal Test of Its Own: “…the paywall that surrounds Pacer is
facing what may be its most serious test since the service emerged 28 years
ago. Judge Ellen Huvelle of the U.S.
district court in Washington, D.C., is expected to decide in the coming days
whether a lawsuit accusing the government of setting Pacer fees at unlawfully
high rates can proceed. The case, which
is seeking class-action certification, is being led by three nonprofits: the
National Veterans Legal Service Program, the National Consumer Law Center, and
the Alliance for Justice. Each group
says it has downloaded documents from Pacer and incurred charges alleged to
exceed the cost of providing the records. All say the setup violates the E-Government Act of 2002, which authorizes the judiciary to
“prescribe reasonable fees”—and which the plaintiffs argue should limit the
government to charge users “only to the extent necessary” to make the
information available…”
My niece (15) plays a mean rock guitar. I think I’ll send her this article just to
give my brother a heart attack. (Tattly
is more to my taste.)
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