Browsing: Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Russia is a booming market for startups as the county’s Internet access and 4G networks ramp up. It’s now the biggest single market in Europe, passing Germany a year ago. At the same time the government realises it needs to ween the economy off its historical addiction to oil, gas and heavy industry. Thus it’s helped set up the Skolkovo Foundation to incubate tech companies. Skolkolvo brought a selection of its startups to Disrupt, so we went trawling the booths for a few Russian gems. Here’s what we found.

Choister
“Choister is a service that helps search, analyze and compare all available educational programs.
Whether you are looking for a degree or a certificate, online or offline, full-time or part-time — Choister will make it easier for you. Choister finds all the educational programs, structures the data, helps users make smart choices, and then sends the motivated students to the schools’ websites.”

Alleged US espionage targeting the Brazilian oil company Petrobras will not delay an oil field auction scheduled for next month, a government official was quoted as saying Tuesday.

As more details surface on the lengths the National Security Agency (NSA) has gone in the professed name of stopping terrorist threats, the incidents only reinforce the need to embrace a stronger standard for encryption, security experts share.

According to Verizon’s 2013 State of the Enterprise Cloud report, the enterprise use of cloud technology grew by 90 percent between Jan 2012 and June 2013.

Financial companies in South Korea will increase their identification process for online users in a bid to prevent further cyber fraud.

Last Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported on the SEC’s ruling that Social Media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are appropriate and legal disclosure channels, as long as the company acknowledges which sites they will use for disclosure.

Those who have ruined their reputations and damaged their careers after posting inappropriate material on social networks include politicians, movie and sports stars as well as teachers, police officers and even fast food restaurant employees.

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Fugitive US whistlebower Edward Snowden has made a fresh round of disclosures following his temporary asylum in Russia

The NSA runs a massive, full-time hacking operation targeting foreign systems, the latest leaks from Edward Snowden show. But unlike conventional cybercriminals, the agency is less interested in hacking PCs and Macs.