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PCI compliance: The best defense is a great defense

CIO Business Intelligence

Cybersecurity experts at Verizon Consulting Services draw on hands-on experience in solving payment card security challenges dating back to the formation of the PCI security regulation in 2002. This begins with having the right goal for a PCI DSS compliance program, Philipsen notes.

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Top 10 governance, risk, and compliance certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

A variety of roles in the enterprise require or benefit from a GRC certification, such as chief information officer, IT security analyst, security engineer architect, information assurance program manager, and senior IT auditor , among others. Why are GRC certifications important?

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Computer scientist Frances Allen, known for her work on compiling, dies at 88

The Verge

Frances Allen, whose work on computer compiling helped establish a foundation for much of modern computer programming, died on August 4th, her 88th birthday. Allen was determined to make the tedious compiling process — converting software programs into ones and zeroes— more efficient. Allen spent 45 years at IBM, retiring in 2002.

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7 famous analytics and AI disasters

CIO Business Intelligence

Zillow Offers was a program through which the company made cash offers on properties based on a “Zestimate” of home values derived from a machine learning algorithm. High-risk care management programs provide trained nursing staff and primary-care monitoring to chronically ill patients in an effort to prevent serious complications.

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If An IT Project Wastes US$16B, Is It The CIO’s Fault?

The Accidental Successful CIO

What’s even better is that everyone is taking part in a nationally provided health care program. Back in 2002 a decision was made to create a single unified database system that would store customer information. However, it is believed that the NHS’s particular problems stem from the original contracts signed before 2002.

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

Network World

Hedgehog launches: Hedgehog announced its launch in October 2002 as a company focused on making SONiC ready for mainstream adoption and easier to procure, deploy and manage. One of the long-term benefits of SONiC’s being an open-source package will be the ability to more easily program applications and other features. “We

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Launching my new book today! Getting Results From Crowds

Trends in the Living Networks

My 2002 book Living Networks had many examples of what we currently call crowdsourcing, including being the first of many business books to describe the Goldcorp challenge, and mentions of Elance, InnoCentive, and Procter & Gamble’s Connect & Develop program, before any were well-known.

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