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Risk Management

How tech giants are safeguarding global data centres from cyber attacks

“While physical security is given utmost importance at data centres, it is critical for organisations to beef up their cybersecurity posture through regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing to check their readiness to tackle cyber threats,” Sanjay Katkar, Joint Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer, Quick Heal Technologies Limited, told IANS.

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Study questions safety claims about Tesla autopilot’s steering feature

The study, released Friday by Quality Control Systems Corp., a data analysis company in Maryland, examined the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 2017 conclusion that there was a 40 percent reduction in the rate of crashes by Tesla vehicles that resulted in the deployment of air bags after they were equipped with Autosteer, a part of the automaker’s suite of automated driver-assist systems it markets as Autopilot.

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No one’s safe: Bezos nude selfie leak triggers alarm for all billionaires

“The perception among very affluent people is often ‘I have this level of wealth, I’m untouchable,’’ said Mark Johnson, chief executive officer of Sovereign Intelligence, a McLean, Virginia-based risk analytics firm. “But the systems they have in place for protecting their personal identifiable information are very weak.”
Ultra-wealthy individuals are particularly susceptible because so much of their data are often centralized through family offices, which typically lack the robust firewalls and encryption capabilities of banks and large corporations.

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International push to improve food safety

Climate change and the globalization of food production, coupled with a growing global population and increasing urbanization, pose new challenges to food safety.  Food systems are becoming even more complex and interlinked, blurring lines of regulatory responsibility.  Solutions to these potential problems require intersectoral and concerted international action.

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