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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

An experienced civil engineer could evaluate some of that by eye, but much of the rest is hidden and only exposed once the building collapses. Many of the news media that have reported the disaster have presented it as the result of inescapable terrestrial forces. Earthquake disaster risk assessment and evaluation for Turkey.

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What Science Really Says About Facial Recognition Accuracy and Bias Concerns

Security Industry Association

By far, the source most cited by media and policymakers as evidence of bias in facial recognition is Gender Shades , a paper published by a grad student researcher at MIT Media Lab in 2018. But there’s a problem: Gender Shades evaluated demographic-labeling algorithms not facial recognition. Let’s take a look.

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What Science Really Says About Facial Recognition Accuracy and Bias Concerns

Security Industry Association

By far, the source most cited by media and policymakers as evidence of bias in facial recognition is Gender Shades , a paper published by a grad student researcher at MIT Media Lab in 2018. But there’s a problem: Gender Shades evaluated demographic-labeling algorithms not facial recognition. Let’s take a look.

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Security Industry Association Announces 2024 Winners of the SIA Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

The 2024 awardees, who will be honored at SIA GovSummit , SIA’s annual government security conference, are: Leire Arbona Puértolas, Legal and Compliance Director, Veridas Leire Arbona Puértolas has established herself as a leading expert in biometric identity verification and data protection laws since joining Veridas in 2017.

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Cyberrisk Management Tips for Businesses Amid the Russia-Ukraine War

Risk Management Monitor

Spill-over to other businesses is more likely with cyber conflict, however, particularly given Russia is one of the most advanced and aggressive nation-state cyber threat actors —remember the crippling global attack known as NotPetya that upended supply chains in 2017 resulted from a Russian cyberattack on Ukraine.

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Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of November 10; Updates from Acronis, Rubrik, VMware & More

Solutions Review

The program recognizes the passion and dedication it takes to be an industry disrupter across the technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech sectors. Read on for more. Only half of the respondents say their organization’s data security strategy is keeping up with AI’s rate of evolution.

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IRM, ERM, and GRC: Is There a Difference?

Reciprocity

Research firm Gartner, which coined the term “integrated risk management” in 2017, claims that GRC focuses narrowly on regulatory compliance, while IRM has a more expansive, risk-oriented view. ” It introduced the term as part of its “ Magic Quadrant ,” evaluating service vendors that provide IRM solutions.