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Lax Internet security at universities enables outsiders to access data – Asahi Shimbun


Asahi Shimbun

Lax Internet security at universities enables outsiders to access data
Asahi Shimbun
Internet security was so lax at some universities in Japan that all sorts of confidential information, such as an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation and unlisted phone numbers for the police, could be readily accessed by anyone. A study by The

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Stanford, MIT, Harvard top ‘most innovative universities’ list

Lists that rank universities by this or that measure are a dime a dozen, but this one seems noteworthy because it focuses on contributions to science and technology.

From a Reuters press release.

Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University top the inaugural Reuters Top 100 ranking of the world’s most innovative universities. The Reuters Top 100 ranking aims to identify which institutions contribute the most to science and technology, and have the greatest impact on the global economy. The ranking uses proprietary data and analysis tools from the Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters to examine a series of patent and research-related metrics, and get to the essence of what it means to be truly innovative.

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MIT, Cambridge, Other Universities Get D’s In Internet Security – Dark Reading


Dark Reading

MIT, Cambridge, Other Universities Get D's In Internet Security
Dark Reading
Final exams aren't for a few months, but several big-name universities already have received low marks from a threat intelligence and risk awareness provider on their overall security posture on the Internet. SecurityScorecard, which uses a network of

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