China’s central bank moves to further ease the pain of its economic slowdown by cutting ‘RRR’. The People’s Bank of China has moved to cut the reserve requirement ratio for commercial banks as it tries to reduce the impact of the slowdown in its economy, the world’s second largest. The ratio, which is sometimes referred […]
Unisys predicts entirely new classes of cyberthreats will require fresh countermeasures in 2016
Rogue intelligence officers, machine-controlled physical attacks, and the rise of quantum computing will demand new approaches such as micro-segmentation and quantum encryption London, UK, December 17, 2015 – Following a year of damaging security incidents at organisations ranging from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to the Ashley Madison web site, security experts at Unisys […]
AtHoc positions itself to help the Dept. of Homeland Security meet specific interoperability requirements under new law
On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, the House considered the Senate amendment to H.R. 615, the Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act, under suspension of the rules. The House then quickly passed H.R. 615 by a vote of 379 to 0 on February 2, 2015. The Senate passed the bill as well with an amendment […]
ParStream to Present Requirements of an Analytics Platform for IoT at the TDWI Munich Conference 2015
COLOGNE, Germany – June 22, 2015 – ParStream, the IoT analytics company, today announced its participation at the TDWI Munich Conference 2015, one of the largest gatherings of expert Business Intelligence, Big Data and data warehousing leaders and educators in Europe. The conference will take place June 22-24, 2015 at the MOC Order and Event […]
Rep. Jeff Miller of Florida seeks to require the VA to conduct annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs
On January 12, 2015 Rep. Jeff Miller of Florida moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill (H.R. 203) . HR 203 seeks to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill reads […]
US to require each diplomatic facility in or around Russia undergoing construction to build a ” Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility” or SCIF room to prevent spying
I was reading over the Intelligence Authorization Act for 2014-2015 over my morning cup of coffee this morning and read section 314 that indicates some concerns over the protection of compartmentalized information security at US diplomatic facilities in and around Russia. The section will require each US diplomatic facility that undergoes a construction upgrade to […]