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Half of UK consumers don’t believe commercial organisations care about their privacy, Thales research finds

Businesses face far more than just fines for non-compliance with GDPR

London, UK: Thales has announced the results of its research on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The report, based on research by Censuswide and sponsored by Thales, captures the perceptions of consumers and businesses on the preparedness levels of organizations in Europe and the United States for the May 2018 GDPR compliance deadline, as well as the new regulation’s business impact.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Case Studies; Posted On Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:23

Postmortem Analysis: Python Dance, Censor Will Not Curb Biafra, IPOB (2)

Drivers of Instability, Agitations in Nigeria

Newton’s third law of motion says ‘’for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction’’. A groundbreaking study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) titled, ‘’Journey to Extremism in Africa: Drivers, Incentives and the Tipping Point for Recruitment’’, published September 2017 reveals that ‘’Marginalization, perceived abuse of power is pushing Africa’s youth to violent extremism’’. Due to space and time constraint, I may not be able to fully expatiate how Buhari’s parochialism, ‘’northernization policy’’, inability to manage diversity and patent marginalization of Biafrans catalyzes, escalates the Biafra agitation. Cast your mind back to President Buhari’s 97% and 5% gambit and also reconcile it with his lopsided appointments, including the recent NNPC appointments. I will write on marginalization of Ndigbo in my subsequent treatise. Similar to the patent nepotism, marginalization, injustice as some of the drivers of recurring agitations in Nigeria, is also that of unprecedented youth unemployment currently bedeviling the country, especially parts of the southeast.

: DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANT; Nigeria Watch International; Posted On Thursday, 16 November 2017 13:36

Security Experts Respond to Former Yahoo CEO's testimony at US Senate hearing

During her testimony at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, former Yahoo CEO - Marissa Mayer said that "Even robust defenses and prosecutors aren't sufficient to protect against the state-sponsored attack, especially when they're extremely sophisticated and persistent. And below are experts reactions:

: SECURITY EXPERTS; Case Studies; Posted On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 11:38

Tripwire Boosts Cybercrime Detection Capabilities, Focuses on Techniques, Tactics and Procedures

London, UK: Tripwire, Inc. has announced enhanced capabilities for preventing and detecting cybercrime. With a new set of advanced cybercrime controls that leverage MITRE’s Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK™) framework, Tripwire® Enterprise now offers hundreds of new tests for hardening against and detecting activities associated with cybercrime behavior.