by CDO Review Staff | Dec 27, 2018 | Tools
For data startups, getting their hands on high-quality datasets on which to train their algorithms can be very difficult, not to mention expensive. The alternative has been to use synthetic data generated by computers to mimic real data to train AI applications. While...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by CDO Review Staff | Dec 27, 2018 | Chief Data Officer
Even though there are already data privacy initiatives being mulled in Congress, the passage of a comprehensive data privacy bill similar to the EU’s GDPR is no sure thing. Not only does the United States risk losing leadership in data privacy and security to the EU...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by CDO Review Staff | Dec 27, 2018 | Chief Data Officer
With more the 500 million individual accounts put at risk and the years-long time period before the data breach was identified and contained, the bill for the Marriott security debacle may climb to over $3.5 billion dollars, depending upon the amount of insurance the...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by CDO Review Staff | Dec 27, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech
Unreliable employees are the weakest link in any company’s security posture claims Max Emilianov, CEO of HostForWeb, a Chicago-based web services provider. “It doesn’t matter how much money you invest into point solutions and hardened architecture. It doesn’t matter...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by CDO Review Staff | Dec 27, 2018 | Civic Data & Tech
How can companies verify if their customer is who he or she claims to be? Passwords, phone numbers, email addresses, facial scans, etc., can and have been used as identifiers. But such identifiers can be stolen and misused and the damage done by such actions can only...