Month: January 2018

Beware of Spurious Correlations when Analyzing Your “Big Data”

Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. Data Science. Deep Learning. Big Data Analytics. These terms, and many like them, have been in the news a lot recently. And with good reason. Many organizations are taking their first tentative steps toward sifting through the vast amounts of data collected in disparate systems in search of hidden nuggets of insight to…
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Microsoft Advisory Information for Speculative Execution Side-channel Vulnerabilities

You’ve probably heard about the most recent security vulnerability that affects not only Windows Servers but other Operating Systems like Mac OS, Linux, and even Chrome. It’s called “speculative execution side-channel attacks” and affects processors made by Intel, AMD, and ARM. Here’s the Microsoft Advisory about the vulnerability. Microsoft has also released some guidance specific for…
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