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EMC's Academic Alliance program  recently announced the  introduction of  EMC Academic Associate Recognition .   The recognition aims at enhancing the employ-ability of students and extends some exclusive benefits like -   Offered FREE of cost Resume-enhancing industry recognition to validate your knowledge Affiliation with EMC’s industry leading Proven Community, where you can network and get technical guidance from global pool of thousands of EMC Proven Professionals and experts .  Logo to promote the recognition and credential on resumes, email signatures, and in social media.  More details on the same can be found on  :  https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-33154 

The Dean of Big Data, EMC’s Bill Schmarzo has a new Big Idea video on "Big Data Business Model Maturity Index ( BDBM )". The video discusses how to measure the degree to which your organization has integrated big data and advanced analytics into your day to day business model. You can watch the video on : 

2014 - holds a great prospect of being the best year for innovation in IT.  Growing acceptance for the 3rd platform era, thanks to Cloud, Big Data, Social and Mobile will be at the forefront of all discussions.  Here is the full coverage of what executives at EMC, VMware and RSA believe about 2014 :  [ View the story "Technology Predictions for 2014" on Storify ]

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The latest  Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC) report , providing guidance for how organizations can enable new competitive advantages in their business by transforming outdated and inflexible processes that govern the use and protection of information assets. The report highlights key challenges, upgraded techniques and actionable recommendations that can be used to plan and build new processes to help organizations gain business advantage and more effectively manage cyber risks. In this latest report titled  Transforming Information Security: Future-Proofing Processes ,  the Council observes that business groups within organizations are taking greater ownership of information risk management; however outdated security processes are hindering business innovation and make it difficult to combat new cybersecurity risks. The Council offers guidance calling for information security teams to collaborate more closely with functional business groups to ...

RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), recently announced the results of a study conducted by the  Ponemon Institute  looking at the cost of fraud and online disruption coincident with Cyber Monday. The study surveyed 1,100 IT staff inside of retail organizations in the U.S. and UK. Some of the  key HIGHLIGHTS  are :  According to a new study by RSA and the Ponemon Institute, Cyber Monday represents an average 55 percent surge in daily online/mobile retail revenues. A corresponding surge in attacks drives hard losses, on average, as much as $500,000 per hour or $8,000 per minute. Customer churn from reputation and brand damage can drive losses to as much as $3.4 million from a single hour of disruption. While 64 percent of organizations see significant increases in attack activity, only 23 percent of attacks can be detected quickly and remediated, and nearly 70 percent of organizations do not take additional precautions in anticipation o...

RSA Security Briefs  provide security leaders and risk management executives with essential guidance on today's most pressing information security threats and opportunities. Each Brief is created by a select team of experts who connect experiences across organizations to share specialized knowledge on a critical security topic. Offering both big-picture insight and practical technology guidance, RSA Security Briefs are vital reading for today's forward-thinking security and risk management practitioners.  In the New report, Security Operations Experts Provide Guidance for Improving Readiness and Response. Some of the Key HIGHLIGHTS are :  Expert consultants and security leaders from EMC, Raytheon and RSA assert that organizations large and small are recognizing they have a responsibility to improve their security posture not just for themselves but also for business and supply chain partners. Security consultants report more organizations are commissioning secu...