Bernie Sanders campaign claims DNC voter data was leaked multiple times

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has suspended the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign from access to its database of Democratic voter information after a staffer on the Sanders campaign improperly accessed proprietary data belonging to the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Washington Post reported today.The Sanders campaign announced that it has fired the staffer over the incident. However, the campaign has also insisted that the data in the DNC database had been exposed on other occasions during the campaign.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Bernie Sanders campaign claims software vendor NGP VAN exposed voter data multiple times

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has suspended the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign from access to its database of Democratic voter information after a staffer on the Sanders campaign improperly accessed proprietary data belonging to the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Washington Post reported today. The Sanders campaign announced that it has fired the staffer over the incident. However, the campaign has also gone on the offensive, insisting not only that the software vendor, NGP VAN, was responsible for this incident, but has failed to prevent unauthorized access to campaign data in the past.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Wi-Fl blocking issue prompts convention industry to band together

Operators of convention centers and other public assembly venues are joining forces to avoid becoming the next Marriott or Hilton in the eyes of an FCC Enforcement Bureau that’s been cracking down on Wi-Fi blockers.Wi-Fi blocking has become a hot button issue across the hospitality and convention center industry, as well as across the wireless LAN industry, in light of big FCC fines against outfits found to have been blocking use of wireless hotspots by those who have a legal right to access unlicensed spectrum.MORE: Wi-Fi blocking debate far from overTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

IDG Contributor Network: Building malware defenses: Control email, web browsers, and ports

Our last article looked at applying Critical Security Controls 4, 5, and 6 to your organization, covering vulnerability assessment, administrative privileges, and audit logs. Now it’s time to move on to CSCs 7, 8, and 9.Email programs and web browsers are still the most common points of entry for attackers, too many companies have woefully inadequate malware defenses, and a failure to control ports and limit services is like leaving a window open for cybercriminals.Critical Control 7: Email and Web Browser Protections Human behavior is still the path of least resistance for cybercriminals, and they often employ social engineering techniques to gain access to systems. Despite the rising profile of phishing, 23% of recipients open phishing messages and 11% click on attachments, according to Verizon’s 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Microsoft move to revoke trust in 20 root certificates could wreak havoc on sites

Tens of thousands of secure websites might start to display certificate errors to their visitors in January, when Microsoft plans to stop trusting 20 certificate authorities (CAs) from around the world.The list of certificates that are scheduled to be removed from Microsoft's Trusted Root Certificate Program belong to CAs run by private or state-owned organizations from the U.S., France, the Czech Republic, Japan, Denmark, Chile, Turkey, Luxembourg, Ireland, Slovenia and Brazil.With their removal from Microsoft's program, the CAs will also be removed from the certificate trust list in Windows that's used by browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge, as well as by email clients and other applications that support secure communications over SSL/TLS.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Business Titles: CEO, Founder, Managing Director, Proprietor

Twitter is a great place to air thoughts, gather thoughts, create allies and destroy bridges. Twitter is also limited to 140 characters. Not great for talking about complex things. For large subject areas, Tweets are normally pre-appended with [x/y], which designates what message out of the chain this particular one is. Tweeting about emotional and sensitive things is probably something I need to stop doing, especially without the means to portray the exact meaning behind the Tweets and feeling that goes with it.

To those that have recently started those businesses, you have my respect for jumping in with both feet, not to be confused with gripes about titles!

Being Misunderstood and Business Titles

With startups being the ‘in thing’ and the millennials starting ‘micro businesses’, the misuse of titles grinds on me for very valid reasons. Everyone wants to be that person that sells their startup for millions, or gets recognition on TED for being awesome. I have news. Most companies fail within the first year or two. Most never make it past five years. Those that do in most cases have gambled everything to win. As newer technologies sees new roles and skill sets being developed, it’s only Continue reading

PlexxiPulse—Dell Founders 50

This week, Plexxi was named to Dell’s Founders 50, a select cohort of startups that are disrupting their respective industries and poised for future success. Dell recognized Plexxi, and the other startups on the list, for the company’s high growth and impressive use of innovative technology solutions. Plexxi’s technology is founded on the belief that the future of IT is dramatically changing as the industry moves towards the third era of IT. As the industry transitions into the next era of IT, data and application growth are forcing cloud data center network architectures to change radically. We’re proud to be a part of this list and are committed to producing dynamic solutions for next generation networks. Congratulations to all of the companies named to the 2016 cohort!

Below please find a few of our top picks for our favorite news articles of the week.

TechTarget: Eight emerging data center trends to follow in 2016
By Robert Gates
Most data centers will be able to reduce physical space by at least 30% in the next five years, one of several emerging data center trends through 2020. Increased density, virtualization, moves to colocation facilities and cloud computing are all impacting operations Continue reading

Should you buy cyber insurance?  

This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices.  Click here to subscribe.  Cyber insurance is rapidly becoming an important part of many organizations' risk mitigation strategy. While most businesses have some sort of property or general liability insurance, those policies exclude coverage for cyber liability, so cyber insurance has become its own category, and it's the fastest growing area of insurance for businesses. At least 50 major providers now offer this type of insurance, attracted by the fact that demand for cyber insurance has been rising by double digit percentages for the last few years.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Apple CEO defends privacy, encryption amidst terrorist concerns

Apple CEO Tim Cook staunchly defended personal privacy and the use of encryption on iPhones amidst renewed concerns about terrorists hiding covert electronic messages when they plan deadly attacks.In an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning that aired Friday, Cook said the supposed tradeoff between privacy and security is "only a simplistic view—we can have both."Cook repeated Apple's stance that it complies specifically with court-ordered warrants to produce information as required by law enforcement, but said of encrypted data on iPhones, "We don't have it to give." That's because Apple's iPhones running versions after iOS 4 keep decryption keys on a user's iPhone and not on a server or some other place, as Apple has pointed out many times before.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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