Noémi lives in France. She needs to file her income tax return and — since she’s already doing “admin stuff” — she also checks the status of her healthcare reimbursements and signs up on the local electoral list. FranceConnect allows Noémi to access the public services needed to complete these tasks using a single logon. […]
The theft of private data on 143 million Americans made the Equifax cyberattack one of the biggest in history. The company’s handling of the breach came under intense scrutiny, resulting in the resignation of CEO Richard Smith in September 2017 amid the turmoil. He wasn’t the first or the last casualty. A Gartner analysis of […]
Imagine your project team as traffic on a freeway. When the traffic density (or resource utilization) is high, a minor crash has an immediate effect on traffic flow — slowing it dramatically or stopping it completely. And you don’t need 100% traffic density to see this effect. Traffic jams start appearing when roads reach utilization […]
We all know that communication is important. Anyone who’s ever been married, had a friend, or held a job knows that’s true. While good communication is pretty much universally beneficial, there are times when it’s more so than others. One such time? During a cybersecurity incident. Incident responders know that communication is paramount. Even a […]
Carmen — a seasoned product manager at a large enterprise — is struggling to manage the increasing complexity and range of data being captured by endpoint devices. She has considered equipping her organization’s products with AI edge capabilities, but is faced with an overwhelming amount of choices about how to do so. Regardless of the […]
Using clean energy is the best bet we have to reduce the effects of environmental damage caused by using fossil fuels like oil, coal, and natural gas to power our daily lives. Not only is the act of relying on finite resources an intrinsically unstable and expensive way to depend on power for the things […]
Blockchain is often hyped as the next big thing in emerging technologies. But the reality is the majority of proofs of concept fail to get beyond the initial experimentation phase. The good news is that CIOs can learn from early failures and avoid common mistakes. As the technology slides into the Trough of Disillusionment on […]
The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday released documents showing the United States National Security Agency improperly collected Americans’ call and text logs in November 2017 and in February and October 2018. The unauthorized collections occurred just four months after the agency announced it was deleting more than 620 million call detail records acquired since […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Jun 26, 2019 10:04 AM PT Security researchers on Monday reported that Chinese hackers are the likely perpetrators of a series of cyberattacks against telecommunications companies around the world. The campaign, dubbed “Operation Soft Cell,” has been active since 2012, according to Cybereason, an endpoint security company based in Boston. […]
Blockchain technology continues to be the subject of intense interest and experimentation in all industries, particularly in government. However, the endless enthusiasm for blockchain has subsided, replaced with a greater sense of realism informed by experience. In 2018, two-thirds of governments were actively interested in blockchain, and 10% of governments were actually doing something with […]