©iStockphoto/Ljupco 36 June 2015 | practicallaw.com © 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework Data breaches in organizations have rapidly increased in recent years. In 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a voluntary framework that is fast becoming the de facto standard for organizations to assess their cybersecurity programs. RICHARD RAYSMAN JOHN ROGERS PARTNER HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST
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cloud computing offers computer application developers and users an abstract view of services that simplifies and ignores much of the details and inner workings. A provider's offering of abstracted Internet services is often called The Cloud. The key characteristic of cloud computing is that the computing is "in the cloud" i.e. the processing (and the related data) is not in a specified, known or static place(s). This is in contrast to a model in which the processing takes place in one or more
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Beautiful Buildings and Black Mayonnaise: Maintaining Community Sustainability in the Shade of a Superfund Thomas Conboy Dr. Jeniffer Telesca Business and its Publics April 2, 2014 Pinned on a wooden boat lying on the edge of the quiet canal, a business card reads: Beside the dumpster a rat drinking rain from an eggshell. (DJ Renegade, Washignton Poet, Seeing Black, 2001) A first glance at the neighborhood of Gowanus would prove gritty, tarnished, and run down. Located on Southern
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Market Overview Current Status Competitive Advantages Government Regulations and Support Key Domestic & Foreign Players Future outlook Contact For Information A report by KPMG for IBEF 2 4 9 12 13 17 18 Market Overview The metal industry is a key sector in the Indian economy as it meets the requirements of a wide range of important industries such as engineering, electrical and electronics, infrastructure, automobile and automobile components, packaging etc. The metal industry consists of two
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project and a Sabah Railway terminal. The project kick-started with the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announcing that the government has allocated an extra RM 5 billion under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to improve infrastructure and lower the cost of doing business in the state. Key objectives of the project are: ▪ make Sabah a gateway for trade, investment and tourism ▪ transform the state into a harmonious state regardless of race or religion ▪ create job opportunities in the state ▪
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14 Section seven: Forecasts and financials 4 Section one: A new dawn 16 Section eight: Interview with Robin Watson 5 Section two: Growth and investment 18 Section nine: Conclusion 8 Section three: Workforce 19 Section ten: Key takeaways 10 Section four: Foreign ownership 20 About the author 11 Section five: Unconventionals 12 Section six: The road ahead The survey which underpins this report was conducted by B2B International on behalf of Barclays. All charts
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Logistics Performance Index ranked Zimbabwe at position 103 out of 155 economies, an indication on how difficult it is to move goods by roads in the country. Transport Sector Environment in Zimbabwe The transport sector environment is made up of public and private institutions and organisations. These are supported by legislation, which is implemented and policed by various institutions and individual operators of motor and non-motor transport. Legislation provides the methodology and procedure
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and provide workable solutions. The paper also reflects on an emerging consensus advocating for the promotion of the productivity of smallholder farmers which is believed could drive economic growth for a broader base of the African population. A key consideration of this report is that in Africa, a majority of Africans live in a rural setting, participate in agricultural activities, especially women, and to address issues of food security, high unemployment, poverty, equity
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Change Attitude and Perceptions Lack of infrastructure and quality of services was the bane of Indian tourism industry. While infrastructure issues were being tackled separately, MoT began a national social awareness program to address the service issues. This program, named Atithi Devo Bhavah, was a capacity building exercise to develop a tourist-friendly attitude in India... | Components of the CampaignADB was a seven point program that targeted key stakeholders of the tourism industry, as
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means not real or in a different state of being. In a VPN, private communication between two or more devices is achieved through a public network the Internet. Therefore, the communication is virtually but not physically there. Private. Private means to keep something a secret from the general public. Although those two devices are communicating with each other in a public environment, there is no third party who can interrupt this communication or receive any data that is exchanged between them. Network
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