The National Research Council has noted that although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counterterrorism programs, they lack the necessary context definitions (i.e., metadata) and access tools to enable interoperation with other...

UccNet is a globally centralized B2B electronic data platform for storing trading product item information and hosted by the non-profit international standardization institute EAN-UCC. It is an emerging B2B data communication standard for the retail industry with significant potential impact....

MIT Sloan Professor Stuart Madnick is not necessarily predicting a repeat of the dot-com bubble. He is concerned, however, that the proliferation of blockchain hype obscures some serious weaknesses in the technology and makes entrepreneurs overeager to adopt it.Madnick is only half joking when...

• The rush to adopt products on the Internet of Things (IoT) before securing them will make them attractive to cyber criminals and vulnerable to cyber-incidents. • Organizations can weaken the effects of cyber-incidents by creating cybersecurity capabilities at the beginning of their market...

There is no such thing as a World Wide Bank managing the central database of all possible financial activities. Such a concept makes neither technical nor business sense. Each player in the financial industry, each bank, stock exchange, government agency, or insurance company operates its own...

Cyber attacks are increasing in frequency, sophistication, and impact. Defending against them requires a new perspective on the attacks and the attackers. By applying a value-chain lens to the problem, we can better understand the dark web as an ecosystem in which well-orchestrated attacks are...

Blockchain technology has tremendous advantages that many organizations are eagerly looking to exploit in sectors as diverse as shipping, real estate and diamonds. The advantages are so compelling and hyped that I sometimes say the easiest way to make money with a startup is to put...

Cross-border data flows and interoperability have created an increasingly digital global trade environment. Concerns for cybersecurity, privacy, and digital sovereignty have prompted the widespread implementation of trade policies regulating cross-border data flows. At present, there is a...

The prospect of combining information from diverse sources for superior decision making is plagued by the challenge of semantic heterogeneity, as data sources often adopt different conventions and interpretations when there is no coordination. An emerging solution in information integration is...

In an increasingly regulated world, with companies prioritizing a big part of their budget for expenses with cyber security protections, why have all of these protection initiatives and compliance standards not been enough to prevent the leak of billions of data points in recent years? New data...