Olympus said in a brief statement that it is “currently investigating a potential cybersecurity incident” affecting its European, Middle East and Africa computer network. “Upon detection of suspicious activity, we immediately mobilized a specialized response team including forensics experts, and we are currently working with the highest priority to resolve this issue. As part of the investigation, we have suspended data transfers in the affected systems...
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In most enterprise stacks today, the database is where all our secrets wait. It’s part safe house, ready room, and staging ground for the bits that may be intensely personal or extremely valuable. Defending it against all incursions is one of the most important jobs for the database administrators, programmers, and DevOps teams that rely upon it. Alas, the job isn’t easy. The creators give us...
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WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put a lid on one of the tricky ways private communication between individuals on the app can be compromised. The Facebook-owned service has end-to-end encrypted chats between users for more than a decade. But users have had no option but to store...
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One platform attempts to commercialize blockchain technology by addressing scalability concerns. The blockchain has experienced periods of exponential growth since the initial days of bitcoin. As a result, many businesses are quickly turning away from traditional network architecture, instead favoring blockchain-based network architecture. Unfortunately, today’s blockchains lack the capability and efficiency to function as a versatile operating system and support the multiple applications needed in a commercial...
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Tired of distractions around the home office? Need some encouragement from the "boss"? Artificial intelligence could one day come to the rescue. Disclosure: The vendors mentioned are clients of the author. Conversational AI is, at heart, a new interface in computing where the computer learns how to best work with a human rather than the reverse. While primarily focused for now on tele-sales, it has several other...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, released two key documents meant to raise the cybersecurity practices of government agencies and organizations. The documents, the Cloud Security Technical Reference Architecture (TRA) and Zero Trust Maturity Model are open for public comment through September 30, the agency reported. “As the federal government continues to expand past the traditional network perimeter, it is paramount that agencies implement data...
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