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Dear Global Risk Community Member, Apr 1, 2019

Experimental AI can steal PINs and passwords by listening to finger taps

Keyloggers aren’t the only way malicious hackers can get at your phone or tablet’s passcode.

In a preprint paper “A new acoustic side channel on smartphones“ published on Arxiv.org this week, researchers describe a novel attack that recovers characters typed on a virtual keyboard from sounds generated by finger taps.

“We found the device’s microphone(s) can recover

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Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian man, became very rich. How? He is a criminal who used his lying skills to get more than $100 million from companies such as Facebook and Google between 2013 and 2015.

He’s now in jail, but during his trial, Rimasauskas admitted that he was guilty of several crimes including money laundering, wire fraud and identity theft. According to court records, Rimasauskas created a Latvian company called Quanta Computer Incorporated, which was the same name as a computer ha

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ZERO P6 is a five-hour training course on planning, scheduling, and schedule management using Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Version 18 intended to create and develop student's skills from scratch. This elementary course leads to the n

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The kindle and paperback edition of my fourth book "Schedule Quantitative Risk Analysis (Traditional Method)" was officially approved and is live in the Amazon Store and other international outlets.

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”Schedule Quantitative Risk Analysis (Traditional Method)” talks about quantification of schedule risk, modelling of identified risks, and duration ranging/three-point estimating. It discusses calculation of schedule contingency, and how to recognize risk drivers before risk sets in while using the ri

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Dear Global Risk Community Member
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Cybersecurity vulnerabilities are an increasing concern for every company in every industry. Year over year, data breaches increase by 75%. Why are they becoming more prevalent, and how can you protect your business?

8028282501?profile=originalBefore you can protect your company from a data breach, you have to understand why they’re occurring. So let’s look at some statistics:

  • 81% of hacking-related breaches leveraged either stolen and/or weak passwords
  • 70% of employees reuse passwords at work
  • Ransomware is the top variety of
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TORONTO: Leading Canadian insurers to share strategies for exceeding customer expectations in exclusive webinar, April 3rd, 10am CDT

 

In-step with global trends, the Canadian insurance industry is witnessing a rapid shift towards customer-centricity. In this setting, the need to understand exactly what customers want, and to then effectively deliver on this vision, from quote to claim, has never been so vital. But for legacy carriers jostling for space with the new breeds of agile start-ups and d

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What is Cloud Service Brokerage?

Cloud service brokerage (CSB) can be explained as an IT role and business model wherein a company or any other entity controls the access to one or more (public or private) cloud services on behalf of several of that service's consumers through three primary roles including aggregation, integration and customization brokerage.

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Cloud services refer to any IT services that a cloud provider offers and accesses. This is a broad term that includes all cloud computing de

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The global 5G infrastructure market has witnessed numerous significant developments by different market players to attain their respective market shares in this emerging domain. The strategies employed to gain a significant market share in this growing industry have been varying from partnerships, contracts, joint ventures, and collaborations. This segment provides comprehensive insights regarding the different market developmental activities adopted by the key players in the industry to compete

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Experiencing Expertise

Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a masterclass with Paul Gow. Paul is a golf pro who is the golfing star (apologies to Andrew Daddo) of The Golf Show on Foxtel here in Australia. As a mid-handicap amateur golfer, I do my best year-on-year to improve my game. Some years are better than others. Yes, I have had 30-min lessons and each has made an immediate difference. However, a half-day masterclass was a whole different story. I experienced expertise.

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Paul had two drills he put us

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Designed to recognize genuine, truly innovative and meaningful approaches to excellence in the North American insurance arena, the Insurance Nexus Awards 2019 will be presented at an exclusive ceremony being held in Chicago on September 12th, 2019.

Given the depth and pace of innovation taking place within the insurance industry, Insurance Nexus decided it is crucial to put a spotlight on the achievements of the insurance carriers, leaders and brokers driving lasting change and demonstrating exce

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Dear Global Risk Community member, Mar 25, 2019

Smart contracts are software programs stored on a blockchain that automatically execute some form of digital asset exchange if conditions encoded in them are met. Entrepreneurs are pitching their use for everything from money transfers to intellectual-property protection. But it’s still early in their development, and researchers are finding bugs in some of them. So are hackers, who have exploited flaws to steal millions of dollars’ worth of

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How GRC can help in reducing Frauds

Ideal GRC tools can play a very important role in reducing frauds if implemented and executed properly. A good GRC solution keep compliance and risk programs effective and updated. It allows business to implement the solution that addresses specific regulatory requirements and properly identify the inherent risks. It also helps in handling, documenting and evaluating the risks efficiently. By having an effective GRC solution, it also highlights if the transaction is made in a certain manner whic

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IFF Training - 15% off courses until 19th April - book now

Dear Global Risk Community member.

To celebrate the start of Spring, IFF Training is launching a special offer. Book onto one of our courses running in April, May or June, quoting the reference: IFFSPRING15 by April 19th and you will be eligible for a 15% discount.

Phone us on +44 (0)20 7017 7190, email
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Customer service has recently taken a central focus for insurance carriers. The exploits of digitally-native InsurTechs such as Metromile and Lemonade have demonstrated the appeal that personalized, seamless product offerings can create. In a 2019 Insurance Nexus survey, a majority of respondents felt that the customer experience would see the greatest impact from the implementation of AI.

Yet, while 2018 saw many legacy carriers conduct a host of pilot initiatives aimed at improving the customer

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Logic is used for processing digital data which controls the operation of electronic systems. It is also used for interchanging and manipulating data in communication devices, computers, and consumer electronics. Digital circuits are developed using small electronic circuits called logic gates which are also used to develop combinational logic. It has applications in digital product including mobile phones, calculators, PCs, tablets, arithmetic logic units, digital watches, computer memory, mult

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All about Subscription Model

A subscription model is based on the idea of selling a product or service to obtain monthly or yearly subscription revenue. The model primarily focuses on customer retention rather than customer acquisition. Essentially, subscription models pay attention to the way revenue is made, i.e., they look for ways in which a single customer pays multiple payments for prolonged access to a good or service.

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Market research subscription services provide a one-off value by offerin

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8028286856?profile=originalI had two separate conversations last week about measures that don’t matter (much). One was with a client in the Not-for-Profit sector who needed to report “about a hundred” things to their regulator who are major funders of their programs.

The second was in my Group Mentoring Program on Friday morning where we were discussing my blog of a few weeks ago – Measure what Matters. In fact, we had my colleague Dr Andrew Pratley as a guest so we could explore the concepts in more depth within the group

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As the plastic bottle industry shifts toward bio-based plastics, PEF is expected to be a game changer in the bottle industry. Several Tier-1 companies have publicly announced their ambitious goals to add substantial amount of PEF capacities in their product-line. As PEF is seen as a direct competitor for PET, industry experts believe that PEF has enough potential to replace PET in several applications, including bottle, films, and fibers. Companies such as Synvina, AVA-Biochem, and Corbion nv ha

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