As technology increases, more innovative ways to combat cyber crime are emerging. However, as these advances increse, there is a dpuble edged sword as well regarding privacy. As netizens, we must always be aware with how technology can work, both positively and negatively.
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By Tim Hornyak
Computer World Oct 2, 2014 7:48 AM
PT
Workers who may be tempted to sell
confidential corporate data should think twice about what they write in an
email -- an AI-based monitoring system could be watching. Tokyo-based data
analysis company UBIC has developed an artificial intelligence system that
scans messages for signs of potential plans to purloin data.
The artificial intelligence system,
dubbed Virtual Data Scientist, can sift through messages and identify senders
whose writing suggests they are in financial straits or disgruntled about how
their employer treats them.
Such a situation would be classified
as a "developing" problem, while messages about data access that are
out of the ordinary, for instance, would get a "preparation"
classification.
"Cases such as information
leaks do not occur all of a sudden," a UBIC spokeswoman wrote in an email.
A risk prediction function is being
added to an existing product, also from UBIC, that audits email for signs of
activity such as price fixing. The Lit i View Email Auditor has been used in
electronic discovery procedures in U.S. lawsuits.
"The risk prediction function
can detect which risk phase the company is facing and alerts in advance so that
the company can make the crisis prevention before the incident takes
place," the spokeswoman wrote.
The system seems a bit like a tool
from the science fiction movie "Minority Report," designed to
intercept would-be criminals before a crime takes place, but it's built on
established human expertise. The Virtual Data Scientist trains itself by
studying and emulating the techniques of professional auditors.
It can then bring those techniques
to bear by scanning massive volumes of email. UBIC says it's more efficient
than traditional manual keyword searches and that even subtle indications of
fraud can be detected.
The Japan Patent Office recently
decided to issue UBIC a patent for "predictive coding" that
identifies behavior that could lead to future misconduct.
The approach links machine learning
with analysis of big data and behavioral sciences such as psychology and
criminology. The emerging field is known as behavior informatics and it has its
own IEEE task force and other research groups.
UBIC's system currently works in
Japanese only, but support for English and other languages is being added, the
spokeswoman wrote.
The feature follows the arrest in
July of an engineer who allegedly stole personal data on up to 20.7 million
customers of Benesse, the parent company of Berlitz language schools in
Japan, to sell them for a profit. The incident was one of Japan's largest data
leaks.
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www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki
If you would like to listen to experts in all aspects of Netiquette and communication, try my radio show on BlogtalkRadio and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and Yahoo. I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ Rider University and PSG of Mercer County New Jersey.
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