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Agile interview with Lean Startup author Eric Ries
Eric Ries is the successful author of The Lean Startup, one of the best introduction to the Lean Startup method. Eric Ries is an engineer at heart, knows agile well and is using many agile element in his version of Lean Startup. We interviewed Eric Ries last week when he was in Amsterdam and asked for…
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Fewer security vulnerabilities found in 2015
Finally some good news on IT security: The total number of IT security vulnerabilities was 20% lower than in 2014, according to ICT Institute analysis based on CVE data. Apple was the most vulnerable vendor and the iPhone OS and Mac OS X were the most vulnerable products.
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Meldplicht Datalekken / Reporting data breaches
The Netherlands has a new obligation to report data breaches, called the meldplicht datalekken. This new a law applies to all companies that process personal data and comes with severe penalties. A lot of information is available but mostly in Dutch. We are providing this English summary. Note: this article was written in 2016, when…
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ICT in Banking – ‘The Banana Skin Report breakthrough’
The ‘Banana Skins’ Reports are unique annual surveys about risks in the financial industry. The report is commissioned each year by PWC and carried out by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation. There are actual two versions: a banking banana skins report 2021 and an insurance report. both versions are very interesting reads for anyone in the financial…
Floris van den Broek
Cyber security trend analysis – network scanning data
The number of malware-treats, viruses and other cyberattacks reported in the media is on the rise, due to two factors: the media have become more aware of the important real world impact of cyber criminals, and international police officers are getting better at capturing large criminal networks. But does this mean that cyber crime is…
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