Digital transformation enabled businesses to obtain data from places they never thought possible and to monitor every aspect of customer interactions to gain a holistic view of their customers. Companies soon realized, though, that an overabundance of unstructured data was not only wasteful, but could also become counter-productive, and that some automation was needed to identify the data that could be acted upon to generate real value. However,...
The Chinese telecommunications giant, anticipates a slow sales performance in 2020 due to the US boycott of their products. Earlier this year, Trump banned the sharing of US technology with foreign adversaries, in the name of national security. Huawei, executive Vice President Jeremy Thompson however, believes the ban has less to do with security and more to do with the trade war between China and the United States. Regardless of the reason,...
We are in a cyber security crisis. Cyber threats are changing and increasing every second. However, according to the 2019 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study, we, as a nation, are in a cyber security workforce deficit. According to the study, the United States has approximately 804,700 cyber security professionals. In order to better defend U.S organizations, that number would need to increase by 62%. To put it plainly, another 498,480...
Welcome to our new interview series “Tech Disruptors”, where we will be speaking with Tech professionals on how they got their start in the industry, why they are passionate about tech, and the future of tech. Keep reading to learn more about Daniel’s journey and why mentorship is at the heart of everything he does. How did you get started in Tech? At Binghamton University, I started off on the pre-med track, majoring in Biology with...
Companies do not care about protecting consumer data and the Equifax breach confirms this. Equifax faced a day of reckoning on Monday. The credit company was fined close to 700 million dollars for their 2017 attack . The hack exposed the data of over 143 million consumers. The breach leaked full names, date of births, SSN, Driver’s license numbers, tax ID and other sensitive information. Sure, the company is being fined and victims are being...
