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The End of Agile – Part 1 (A Brief History of Agile)

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In recent years, we have seen substantial pushback on many fronts against Agile as a viable and important project management methodology.

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How To Improve Incident Response Time for Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

Take the Marriott data breach in 2014, for example. Before Marriot acquired the Starwood hotel group, Starwood suffered a major data breach of its customer database. Because no internal threat detection mechanisms existed, the malicious actors had access to massive volumes containing personal customer information.

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Ntara welcomes Jeff Bridges as new VP, Client & Partner Development

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That experience includes 13 years in sales engineering and project management and seven years as managing director or a private digital agency. He has worked in a variety of leadership positions in the product information management (PIM) and master data management (MDM) market since 2014.

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Encryption Importance in the Age of Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

Thus, if businesses want to compete in any industry, protecting their clients’ data should be a top priority. . It was found in 2014 that even the HTTPS protocol has certain limitations. Some of them might even choose one’s competitors. The loopholes. The flaw called Heartbleed had made it vulnerable.

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Data Professional Introspective: Your Organization Can’t Create an EDM Strategy

The Data Administration Newsletter

In 1980, there were 540M people living in extreme poverty; by 2014, there were only 80 million. Some countries successfully create long-term strategic plans. For example, China’s first 100-year plan was aimed at the elimination of extreme poverty by 2020.

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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

Smart Data Collective

Based on figures from Statista , the volume of data breaches increased from 2005 to 2008, then dropped in 2009 and rose again in 2010 until it dropped again in 2011. By 2012, there was a marginal increase, then the numbers rose steeply in 2014.

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The Evolving Role Of Big Data In Accident Cost Containment

Smart Data Collective

The reporting of accidents is crucial in maintaining the collection of this data. OSHA also reported in 2014 that there were nearly 4,000 deaths related to workplace accidents. Data such as this can be used to reduce the frequency and severity of preventable accidents, particularly in the workplace. increased by 5.3%

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