16SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr You’ve worked really hard to protect your credit unions member information from the obvious threats (think ransom hacker or dumpster diver). You have a firewall and some sort of alphabet soup strategy containing IDS/IPS appliances, DDoS mitigation services and quite possibly a SEIM monitoring application. So why then, are we still hearing about breaches? Simply put, we’ve overlooked the obvious and possibly biggest threats.1) Not recognizing that cash is no longer you’re greatest asset. Credit union member information security needs to be elevated and pursued in the same manner cash is protected and controlled. Once this paradigm shift occurs, the next steps are no brainers.2) Dual control isn’t just for cash. The time has come to put the same access controls and monitoring on those holding the key to your information kingdom. What type of controls? Here’s a few to get you started – IT administrators should have unique admin accounts for tracking activity; logs should be monitored to prevent unauthorized access and lastly those said logs shouldn’t be under the control of the IT administrators who could manipulate the data. (Yes we see this 90% of the time.) Dual control isn’t just about your IT staff either. Look accounts your member information inventory for opportunities to implement enhanced security and oversight continue reading »
Ithaca parks welcome visitors for a safe and scenic Memorial Day
Another family found the park to be the perfect spot for a picnic, with plenty of space to socially distance. ITHACA (WBNG) — With Memorial Day Weekend in full swing you may be looking for a place to get away while still staying close to home. Officials the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce are expecting Ithaca to be that place for many families across the region, but they are asking everyone to stay safe when you visit. “People are definitely looking to stay closer to home so that’s folks within an hour drive. We may see friends from Binghamton, we may see people from Syracuse or the other lakes,” says Peggy Coleman, Vice President of Tourism at Visit Ithaca, a branch of the Tompkins County Chamber. “What we’re hearing is being outside is better than being inside and until we can be inside again taking that really scenic drive into Ithaca is a piece of cake, a no brainier,” she said, adding that the many restaurants and craft beer sellers in the area have takeout options available to visitors coming to spend the day. “All of the picnic tables are well spaced out and we’re outside and even though the parking lot is full it doesn’t feel like it’s overly crowded with a lot of people,” says Faith Baccari of Amsterdam, NY. Coleman says if there’s one thing in Ithaca that has the power to draw in tourists from around the region, it’s the water. “As long as people maintain social distancing with a minimum of six feet between parties as well as wearing face coverings the parks are open,” she says. “We’ll be spaced out as much as possible and we do have face masks if needed,” he says. “Living in New York we don’t have nice weather all the time so taking advantage of it’s huge.” At Stewart Park several families were doing just that, including Keith Skelly and Courtney Karszes who made the trip to Ithaca from Greene to spend time with family who were seated several feet away. Coleman says as long as everyone stays safe and keeps their distance, she hopes Ithaca will be an enjoyable day trip for families across the region this Memorial Day. She says whether you’re heading to the waterfalls or a picnic on the shores of Cayuga Lake, there are some guidelines to follow. “The things we’re best known for are our waterfalls and gorges so there is that opportunity,” she says. “All four of our state parks are open but visitation does look a little different.” Coleman says there are some things within the parks such as playgrounds and swimming areas that will remained closed for the safety of all visitors.
Trump’s election tactics put him in unsavory company.
MOSCOW — When the strongman ruler of Belarus declared an implausible landslide victory in an election in August and had himself sworn in for a sixth term as president, the United States and other Western nations denounced what they said was brazen defiance of the voters’ will.President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s victory, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last month, was “fraud.” Mr. Pompeo added: “We’ve opposed the fact that he’s now inaugurated himself. We know what the people of Belarus want. They want something different.”- Advertisement – Just a month later, Mr. Pompeo’s boss, President Trump, is now borrowing from Mr. Lukashenko’s playbook, joining a club of truculent leaders who, regardless of what voters decide, declare themselves the winners of elections.That club counts as its members far more dictators, tyrants and potentates than leaders of what used to be known as the “free world” — countries that, led by Washington, have for decades lectured others on the need to hold elections and respect the result. – Advertisement – But when they do hold genuinely competitive votes and the result goes against them, they often ignore the result, denouncing it as the work of traitors, criminals and foreign saboteurs, and therefore invalid. By refusing to accept the results of last week’s election and working to delegitimize the vote, Mr. Trump is following a similar strategy.The United States has never before had to force an incumbent to concede a fair defeat at the polls. And merely by raising the possibility that he would have to be forced out of office, Mr. Trump has shattered the bedrock democratic tradition of a seamless transition. The parallel is not exact. Mr. Trump participated in a free and fair democratic election. Most autocrats defy voters before they even vote, excluding real rivals from the ballot and swamping the airwaves with one-sided coverage.- Advertisement –
Kalbe to start COVID-19 vaccine trial with S. Korean pharma firm
Publicly listed pharmaceutical company Kalbe Farma has signed an agreement with South Korea-based biotechnology firm Genexine Inc. to start a clinical trial of a COVID-19 candidate vaccine in Indonesia.Kalbe would also incorporate government agencies in the process to ensure public access to the vaccine once the trials showed positive results, the company’s president director Sie Djohan said.“We hope research and development on the COVID-19 vaccine can yield positive results to ensure vaccine access for Indonesia can be secured,” he said in a press statement on Thursday. The DNA vaccine prototype is being developed by a consortium of biotech companies and research institutions, namely Genexine, Binex, the International Vaccine Institute, GenNBio, the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Pohang University of Science and Technology.The candidate vaccine, called GX-19, has been tested to primates, resulting in an antibody on the test subjects that could neutralize the novel coronavirus.Globally, there are 10 candidate vaccines that are in clinical evaluation and 115 candidate vaccines in preclinical evaluation, including GX-19 as of Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization’s document.Clinical trials on humans for vaccine candidates are divided in a three-phase process, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Small groups of people will receive the trial vaccine during the first phase. If the candidate vaccine shows positive results, the trial moves to phase two, where the clinical study is expanded and the vaccine is given to people who have characteristics similar to those for whom the new vaccine is intended.In phase three, the vaccine is given to thousands of people and tested for efficacy and safety.Topics :
Collier County Beach Renourishment About to Begin
Earth Tech Enterprises, Inc. is about to begin Collier County Beach Renourishment project, according to the county’s latest update.The County Coastal Zone Management has advised that beach access for the 2019 Beach Renourishment Project at Horizon Way will remain open through this weekend.They also added that mobilization and staging at that location is now scheduled to begin on Monday, Oct. 14.“Mobilization and staging started on Oct. 7 at the Gulf Shore access and both locations will have sand hauling and placement begin on Oct. 16, as previously planned,” Collier County said.The project will utilize the Horizon Way beach access to place half of the sand on the southern half of the project and the Gulf Shore Beach pedestrian access to place the remaining half of the sand on the north end of the project.The anticipated completion date for the project is Jan. 1, 2020.
$200 million project to help diversify Barbados sugar industry
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21 Views no discussions Share By Aisha ReidBRIDGTOWN, Barbados (BGIS) – The Barbados government plans to embark on a $200 million project to diversify the island’s sugar industry with bagasse, ethanol, special sugars and molasses.This was revealed by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Darcy Boyce, who was speaking on Monday at a panel discussion entitled “High volatile price of oil, high electricity bills, linking bagasse energy with sugar production … Are there opportunities in diversifying the sugar industry.”Boyce stated that when the project was first conceptualised it was expected that it would have cost some $400 million, pointing out: “We got the project down to a size which allows it to be viable with the existing acreage of land for sugar production and which costs half as much money at $200 million. I feel that the time spent has been well worth it to reduce that bill from $400 million to $200 million.”He added that the government was also looking at producing bagasse outside of the sugar industry.“We recognise also that bagasse from sugar cane will not by itself be able to give us the kind of return that we want… We have actually commissioned workers to look at the economics of growing other biomass, river tamarind and other things we know grow in Barbados, but we actually have to get some hard data. What is the tonnage per acre, how much of it actually produces electricity? …so we can actually do numbers so we know how much energy can be produced… That work has been commissioned and is going on,” he said.Boyce noted that people involved in the sugar cane industry needed to raise their level of productivity by making better use of technology to raise the number of tonnes of cane per acre.He indicated that it did not make any sense to continue “pouring” money heavily into an industry without improving its technology.“If we do not improve the technology, we will build up for a while and then we will have to come back in 10 years’ time and have to do it all over again.“… So we have actually begun discussions with some of the major private landowners to look at ways how private landowners and government could come together to figure out a way of managing these lands to ensure that we put more technology into use, raise the productivity of those lands and we can reduce the cost of tonnes per acre,” he added.Photo credit: Barbadosflag.orgCariibbean News Now
Anti-Terror Bill now up for Duterte’s scrutiny
Congress transmitted the bill for the President’s approval Tuesday morning. “The President has 30 days. Kapag hindi nilagdaan ng Presidente, it will become a law,” said Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, who confirmed the Palace’s receipt of the bill from Congress on Tuesday. The bill, according to Roque, would be scrutinized before President Duterte decides on whether it should be signed into law. “‘Yan po ay dadaan sa proseso, pag aaralan ng mabuti ang bawat probisyon,” Roque said. MANILA – The Anti-Terrorism Bill is now up for President Rodrigo Duterte’s scrutiny after the Senate and the House of Representatives transmitted the controversial measure. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said he and House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano signed the measure on Monday night.Despite several House lawmakers seeking to withdraw their authorship and votes even after it was approved on final reading, Sotto said he and House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have signed the final copy of the proposed bill. It now awaits President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature.“A bill passed by both Houses of Congress already enrolled and yet some congressmen would like to hold it? It has never been done,” Sotto said in a message to reporters.Department of Justice secretary Menardo Guevarra, for his part, said his office will be waiting for a request from the Chief Executive to review the measure’s constitutionality.“With the President already receiving the enrolled anti-terror bill, we expect to immediately receive a letter requesting the DOJ to submit its comment on the bill,” Guevarra said in a statement.The proposed measure wants to extend the number of days suspected terrorists can be detained without a warrant of arrest – from three days under the current law to up to 14 days.The bill also removed the provision under the Human Security Act that orders the payment of half a million pesos in damages for each day that a person wrongfully accused of terrorism is detained.Any person who shall threaten to commit any act of terrorism, propose any terroristic acts or incite others to commit terrorism shall suffer the penalty of 12 years in prison under the bill.The Senate has approved in February the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, which seeks to repeal the Human Security Act of 2007 with stronger measures to allow the government to curtail supposed acts of terror.A counterpart measure was approved by the House of Representatives on third and final reading on Wednesday night clearing the way for President Duterte’s signature./PN
Bulldogs Sweep Cardinals In Middle School Hoops
The 7th grade Bulldogs were successful against St. Louis in the Crosstown Shootout with a 38 – 20 win.Dempsy Bohman led the team with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. Colt Meyer scored 9 and Jake Cruse added 6 points. Hank Nobbe contributed 8 rebounds.Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Tony Gausman.The St. Louis 7th grade boys basketball team lost to Batesville Middle School Tuesday night by a final score of 38 to 20.A slow start and turnovers plagued the Cardinals in the first half.Evan Vogelsang led St. Louis in scoring with 9 points all comingfrom beyond the arc. Adam Cox, Johnathan Deal & Charlie Diceadded 3 ponts each. Zach Harmeyer added a bucket with aheads up pass from Aaron Weber.Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Mike Burkhart.The Bulldogs improved to 5-1 on the season with a 42-35 win over the cross-town team St. Louis.The Bulldogs were down at the quarter breaks by 3, 1 and 2 points but an excellent 4th quarter rally pulled the Dogs into the winner’s seat.Top scorers were Trey Heidlage with 15, Austin Siefert had 11, Sam Haskamp had 8 points along with multiple blocked shots and rebounds, and scoring 2 points each were Tyler Myers, Lane Oesterling, Cooper Williams and Ben Krieg.The Dogs are in action Thursday night at Sunman Dearborn.Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Terry Giesting.The 8th grade SLS Basketball Cardinals lost to Batesville Middle School Tuesday, December 9 by the score 42-35.The Cardinals led most of the game. Batesville Middle School’s height and depth were too much to overcome in the fourth quarter as Batesville Middle School won a most competitive game.Robert Raver was the Cardinals and game’s leading scorer.Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Dale Amrhein.
West Florida Announces Men’s and Women’s Basketball Internet Broadcast Schedule
Share Nov. 23, 2007PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams will have at least 30 games available on stretch internet this season. To check how you can listen, look for the stretch internet link on the UWF Athletics home page, along the right side. Click on the link for directions. You can also listen via phone by calling 1-866-208-5873 and entering the code 133766# when prompted. Twelve conference double-headers highlight the schedule of broadcast for this season.The first broadcast is Friday, Nov. 23rd, at 7:00 pm, as the UWF Women play Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Arkansas for a Thanksgiving weekend tournament. The Men’s first broadcast will be Dec. 3rd, when the Argonauts travel to William Carey. The Men’s game at St. Leo on Dec. 17th will be their second broadcast, while the Women’s second broadcast will be Dec. 16th, when the team travels to Tampa.The first home games on the broadcast schedule come in early January. The women host the defending National Champions, Southern Connecticut State, on Jan. 2nd, in a 4:30 pm game, and a few days later, the men host Delta State on January 7th, for a 7:30 pm tip-off. Then, beginning January 12th, all conference games will be broadcast, beginning with a home double header vs. North Alabama. Any post season games that the teams qualify for, will also be available on the internet broadcast schedule.The possibility of additional games being added to the broadcast schedule does exist, so keep checking the schedule posted on the stretch internet link on the UWF Athletics home page. Print Friendly Version West Florida Announces Men’s and Women’s Basketball Internet Broadcast Schedule
Cricket News Virat Kohli remains at top of ICC Test rankings, Ashwin climbs to seventh
New Delhi: International Cricket Council (ICC) has released its latest Test rankings on Wednesday, Indian skipper Virat Kohli has managed to maintain his numero uno spot and is the number one batsmen in the format. South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada reclaims top spot and became world’s number one bowler in Tests after England’s James Anderson lost some points for missing the last Test match against Sri Lanka.Virat Kohli is expected to improve his points tally in the upcoming four-match Test series against Australia. Although, his throne is at least risk as of now because the world’s number two batsmen and Australia’s former captain Steve Smith is still facing one-year ban. He is currently at 910 points but will certainly loose some points as he is going to miss the upcoming Test series as well and the tally is expected to fall below 900 points.Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also jumped one spot and has secured number seven spot after Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the 2nd Test match. New Zealand’s Trent Boult slipped two spot in the rankings which helped Ashwin to gain one spot. However, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is still India’s number one bowler in the rankings and is at number five of the Standings. Other bowlers whose position in the rankings took flight includes Ben Stokes at 28th (up by three spots), Devendra Bishoo at 32nd (up by two spots), Adil Rashid at 36th (up by two spots) Jack Leach at 41st (up by two spots), Lakshan Sandakan at 45th (up by 11 spots) and Malinda Pushpakumara at 61st (up by 15 spots).Also See| In Pics: Top 5 successful Indian skippers on foreign soilOn batsmen front, players with highest improvement includes Azhar Ali at 12th (up by 12 spots), Jonny Bairstow at 16th (up by six spots), Henry Nicholls at 17th (up by three spots), Jos Buttler at 18th (up by three spots), Kusal Mendis at 20th (up by eight spots), Mominul Haque at 24th (up by 11 spots) and Ben Stokes at 31st (up by five spots).Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see how Virat Kohli performs in the upcoming Test series against Australia and takes considerable leap forward, making it hard for Steve Smith to catch up. For all the Latest Sports News News, Cricket News News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps.