Internet of Things (IOT): Seven enterprise risks to consider
Despite the opportunities of IoT, there are many risks that must be contended with. Any device that can connect to Internet has an embedded operating system deployed in its firmware. Because embedded operating systems are often not designed with security as a primary consideration, there are vulnerabilities present in virtually all of them -- just look at the amount of malware that is targeting Android-based devices today. Similar threats will likely proliferate among IoT devices as they catch on.
Use Daily Conversations to Promote Development
Rather than keeping professional development talk locked to the calendar, I’m a big fan of frequent “on the fly” conversations that directly support an individual’s developmental needs and goals. Frequent conversations keep the topic front and center and allow you to focus on providing active coaching that transcends a task orientation. And importantly, the regular development discourse helps build trust between you and your co-workers. After all, there’s no higher form of respect you can pay to someone in the workplace than helping them work towards achieving their career aspirations.
Google's new cloud strategy: Apply Moore's Law to prices
Touting that cloud pricing schemes should mimic hardware and "follow Moore's Law," Google is slashing prices for pay-as-you-go services, with Google's big data analytics BigQuery engine seeing its on-demand rates chopped down by as much as 85 percent. "Pricing is still way too complex," Hölzle lamented, adding that current cloud costs might seem cheap when compared to on-premise alternatives, but there's still a lot of room for reduction. Cloud Storage follows suit with up to 68 percent in price reductions, trailed by the Compute Engine fees lowered by up to 32 percent across all regions, classes, and sizes.
Scrabble-playing robot aimed at refining human interaction
‘We believe that for autonomous robots to be accepted, they will have to conform to the social conventions of people, rather than the other way around,’ Simmons said in a statement. The researchers are investigating whether changes in mood or emotions affect the desire to interact with robots and how personalisation, such as the robot remembering a person’s play from previous games, might affect the willingness to interact over time. Victor’s torso is topped with a mobile head on which a video screen displays its animated face, designed by Anne Mundell, associate professor of scene design.
In rare move, banks sue Target's security auditor
The lawsuit is one of the rare occasions where a PCI security auditor has been sued over a data breach involving a client. Companies like Trustwave are called qualified security assessors (QSAs) in PCI parlance. They are responsible for conducting security assessments of retailers and others covered by the PCI standard. In Trustwave's case, the company also provides a range of security services to help companies achieve PCI compliance status.
Coming Soon: Android Apps for Wearable Devices
Android’s dominant position in mobile software could give it an edge over Apple in smart watches. Cecilia Abadie, a developer at 33Labs, a mobile development company in Los Angeles, says she is building a personal fitness training app and personal assistant app for the Moto 360. “Android Wear has better chances of winning the next big battle of wearables against Apple, in the same way Android itself won the battle in number of [smartphone] units sold,” she says.
Go Directly To Fail
Despite ITs extensive experience in “implementations”, a quick review of projects shows that we seem to keep making the same mistakes over and over. Each failure (potentially) undermines our customer’s confidence in our ability to deliver on-time and on-budget. The good news is that this is entirely avoidable. Selecting and implementing an ITSM tool successfully isn’t hard, but it does take some work. The good news is that this work has benefits that can impact your implementation and beyond!
Gartner Says Asia Pacific Offshore Services Providers are Still Growing
“Although the use of Asian countries for offshore or nearshore services has not yet peaked, we are seeing some distinct changes in demand and supply patterns in the region,” Mr. Longwood said. “Ongoing cost pressures in Europe are driving some multinational corporations to consider moving their offshore services from mid-cost countries like Malaysia to lower-cost locations in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Some Western countries are becoming more protectionist, which is also having a negative impact on demand for offshore services from Asia Pacific.”
Advanced threat detection products yet to earn trust of enterprises
"We've had the capability for a long time across many different technologies to do automated blocking," Holland said. "We're never going to reduce the number of attacks that occur or speed the time to containment and remediation unless we have automation in the picture. So we need to move more in that direction, but most companies struggle with that." Andrew J., a security professional, ... said his organization has utilized FireEye's NX Series product, which provides detection and prevention capabilities for Web-based threats since 2011, but like Target has not enabled the product's automated response capabilities.
How Data-Sharing Can Keep Fraud from Spreading
"As stewards of the industry, our job is to share as much information as we can through our partners," says Aaron Glover, senior analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta. SunTrust, for example, has built a relationship with the Internal Revenue Service in Atlanta in which the bank sometimes calls to verify Treasury checks. The bank recently asked the IRS about one $300,000 check, which turned out to be linked to an IRS investigation, so SunTrust put the check on hold. But despite such one-off successes, there's a strong need for protocols for information sharing about money laundering, corporate security and fraud, Glover says.
Quote for the day:
“I must admit, that I have learned more from my negative experiences than I have ever learned from my positive one.” -- John Paul
Despite the opportunities of IoT, there are many risks that must be contended with. Any device that can connect to Internet has an embedded operating system deployed in its firmware. Because embedded operating systems are often not designed with security as a primary consideration, there are vulnerabilities present in virtually all of them -- just look at the amount of malware that is targeting Android-based devices today. Similar threats will likely proliferate among IoT devices as they catch on.
Rather than keeping professional development talk locked to the calendar, I’m a big fan of frequent “on the fly” conversations that directly support an individual’s developmental needs and goals. Frequent conversations keep the topic front and center and allow you to focus on providing active coaching that transcends a task orientation. And importantly, the regular development discourse helps build trust between you and your co-workers. After all, there’s no higher form of respect you can pay to someone in the workplace than helping them work towards achieving their career aspirations.
Touting that cloud pricing schemes should mimic hardware and "follow Moore's Law," Google is slashing prices for pay-as-you-go services, with Google's big data analytics BigQuery engine seeing its on-demand rates chopped down by as much as 85 percent. "Pricing is still way too complex," Hölzle lamented, adding that current cloud costs might seem cheap when compared to on-premise alternatives, but there's still a lot of room for reduction. Cloud Storage follows suit with up to 68 percent in price reductions, trailed by the Compute Engine fees lowered by up to 32 percent across all regions, classes, and sizes.
‘We believe that for autonomous robots to be accepted, they will have to conform to the social conventions of people, rather than the other way around,’ Simmons said in a statement. The researchers are investigating whether changes in mood or emotions affect the desire to interact with robots and how personalisation, such as the robot remembering a person’s play from previous games, might affect the willingness to interact over time. Victor’s torso is topped with a mobile head on which a video screen displays its animated face, designed by Anne Mundell, associate professor of scene design.
In rare move, banks sue Target's security auditor
The lawsuit is one of the rare occasions where a PCI security auditor has been sued over a data breach involving a client. Companies like Trustwave are called qualified security assessors (QSAs) in PCI parlance. They are responsible for conducting security assessments of retailers and others covered by the PCI standard. In Trustwave's case, the company also provides a range of security services to help companies achieve PCI compliance status.
Coming Soon: Android Apps for Wearable Devices
Android’s dominant position in mobile software could give it an edge over Apple in smart watches. Cecilia Abadie, a developer at 33Labs, a mobile development company in Los Angeles, says she is building a personal fitness training app and personal assistant app for the Moto 360. “Android Wear has better chances of winning the next big battle of wearables against Apple, in the same way Android itself won the battle in number of [smartphone] units sold,” she says.
Go Directly To Fail
Despite ITs extensive experience in “implementations”, a quick review of projects shows that we seem to keep making the same mistakes over and over. Each failure (potentially) undermines our customer’s confidence in our ability to deliver on-time and on-budget. The good news is that this is entirely avoidable. Selecting and implementing an ITSM tool successfully isn’t hard, but it does take some work. The good news is that this work has benefits that can impact your implementation and beyond!
Gartner Says Asia Pacific Offshore Services Providers are Still Growing
“Although the use of Asian countries for offshore or nearshore services has not yet peaked, we are seeing some distinct changes in demand and supply patterns in the region,” Mr. Longwood said. “Ongoing cost pressures in Europe are driving some multinational corporations to consider moving their offshore services from mid-cost countries like Malaysia to lower-cost locations in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Some Western countries are becoming more protectionist, which is also having a negative impact on demand for offshore services from Asia Pacific.”
Advanced threat detection products yet to earn trust of enterprises
"We've had the capability for a long time across many different technologies to do automated blocking," Holland said. "We're never going to reduce the number of attacks that occur or speed the time to containment and remediation unless we have automation in the picture. So we need to move more in that direction, but most companies struggle with that." Andrew J., a security professional, ... said his organization has utilized FireEye's NX Series product, which provides detection and prevention capabilities for Web-based threats since 2011, but like Target has not enabled the product's automated response capabilities.
How Data-Sharing Can Keep Fraud from Spreading
"As stewards of the industry, our job is to share as much information as we can through our partners," says Aaron Glover, senior analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta. SunTrust, for example, has built a relationship with the Internal Revenue Service in Atlanta in which the bank sometimes calls to verify Treasury checks. The bank recently asked the IRS about one $300,000 check, which turned out to be linked to an IRS investigation, so SunTrust put the check on hold. But despite such one-off successes, there's a strong need for protocols for information sharing about money laundering, corporate security and fraud, Glover says.
Quote for the day:
“I must admit, that I have learned more from my negative experiences than I have ever learned from my positive one.” -- John Paul
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