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United Airlines CISO Deneen DeFiore on elevating cyber’s value to the business

CIO

Deneen DeFiore is a Hall of Fame technology executive who currently serves as vice president and chief information security officer at United Airlines, where she leads the cybersecurity and digital risk organization to ensure the company is prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to evolving cyber threats. What are they?

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. Understanding the business of the airline industry As previously mentioned, the revenue streams are becoming diversified in the airline sector.

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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

Altexsoft

The airline industry is no different. Over the past two decades, the airline industry – like many others – has become increasingly digital. If you’ve read an AltexSoft article on revenue integrity in airlines , you know that ticket manipulations are one of the main sources of revenue leakage.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO

A number of high-profile software failures at companies like Southwest Airlines or EasyJet show how code that runs well most of the time can also fail spectacularly. Main constituency: Businesses like airlines that can’t live without their technology. Chance of succeeding: It’s already here but only in cryptocurrency worlds.

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Oracle October 2022 Critical Patch Update Addresses 179 CVEs

Tenable

Oracle did not include security patches for five product families: Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model.

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Messaging platform Gupshup raises $100 million at $1.4 billion valuation

TechCrunch

So we started to serve banks, e-commerce firms, and airlines that need to send high-level messages and can afford to pay for it,” said Sheth, who also co-founder freelance workplace Elance in 1998. These firms are using Gupshup to send their customers transaction information and authentication codes, among other use cases.

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How Not To Win Customers

Steve Farber

A Lesson from the Un-Friendly Skies of United Airlines. The ensuing bad PR caused United Airlines’ stock price to plunge by 10%, costing shareholders $180 million along with nearly 17 million negative views on YouTube (as of this write-up). One would think United Airlines learned their lesson from that PR fiasco.