It’s difficult to get away from the thought that security in today’s digital space is in a general sense fragmented. The more grounded the resistances that are raised around the advanced resources of organizations, the more predominant are the assaults from hackers. The more quick witted that workers get about securing gadgets and passwords, the more brilliant that the assaults move toward becoming. That reality has driven numerous Internet security analysts to the conclusion that the blockchain could speak to the fate of digital security.

What is Blockchain and why is it relevant?

The blockchain is a decentralized, digitized, highly distributed public ledger. At first this technology does not sound like a huge innovation, however it is quite complex than it seems. Hacking information requires something other than accessing one database – it implies accessing hundreds, if not thousands, of various duplicates of that database. Also, it implies that if even a solitary “block” of information is altered in any of those databases, the whole framework will know.

Blockchain technology and Cyber Security

Blockchain allows data to be stored across its network, which eradicates the risks that come with the Internet, which is a very centralized data security structure. Blockchain networks lack weak centralized points, which make the Internet vulnerable for cyber hackers. Currently the Internet has security breaches that we are all acquainted with. Typically we all rely on the basic username and password protocol to keep our information and assets safe on the web, whereas, Blockchain’s security method uses encryption technology. So even if individuals are using a VPN, either on Mac or Windows, they can still be at risk.

You can quickly start to get a handle on why blockchain solutions are being incorporated by security experts around the globe. Executing a blockchain-based security framework in a general sense changes the amusement for digital security, showing an about unimaginable errand for cyber criminals.

It is not to say that blockchain security is invincible, however it is safe to say, so far there hasn’t been any kind of a major breach in the blockchain security framework. Hackers haven’t figured out how to crack this technology, hence why cryptocurrency is still intact.

There are a few critical ways that blockchain innovation is being connected by digital security organizations in the field to make private blockchain arrangements:

• Designing peer-to-peer consensus mechanisms to decrease fraudulent activities
• Generating end-to-end encryption and privacy
• Preventing data tampering 

How are companies integrating with Blockchain and Cyber Security?

The fascinating part about blockchain and digital security is that it has effectively changed from being only a hypothetical technology into a genuine, functional application.

For instance an Estonian blockchain Cyber Security Company has been safeguarding millions of local health patient records since 2016. Whereas, the United States healthcare uses a centralized system to secure patient records, which has resulted in several security data breaches in the past.

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It is an exciting time to be alive. The boom of the internet, particularly web 2.0, has disrupted how the world does business. With the growth of personal computing, more and more people are turning to cost and (more often) time saving benefits of internet shopping. Rather than the time-consuming task of browsing numerous stores in person, a large portion of the world now has access to thousands of different options to select the product, and ultimately company, best suited to their needs, desires, and vision. This isn’t limited to products; expanding your vision on the definition of “what is an online business?” may shift your paradigm, and ultimately, your next steps.

All too often, we hear about people that “can’t stand their bosses,” “hate their jobs,” or are “exhausted of their toxic work environment.” This truly begs the question: what are these people doing about it? After all, we live in the day and age where self-employment and business ownership are more accessible than they have ever been, requiring little to no startup capital. If some of these people hustled as hard as they griped, they may remove themselves from the very situations they claim to have utter disdain for.

When thinking of an “online business,” many will think of traditional physical products. This is most certainly not the case: an online business is analogous to other forms of employment. As one of quite many examples, a strong parallel would be envisioning dozens of “normal” jobs: a firefighter isn’t inherently providing you a product, but a service. The same bodes true for many online businesses: they may not ship you anything. Put as simply as possible, an ecommerce store which ships physical products is only a slice of the possibilities to consider when launching an online business: a service provider, such as one that creates revenue via a membership site, is a great method to consider, in particular due to lower startup and maintenance costs.

In fact, this observation regarding online businesses and products (or lack of a need thereof) goes even further: many of these online businesses don’t even need to sell you a service. Many individuals that run online businesses are self-employed in fields such as content creation – and are often compensated via ad revenue or other passive means of income generated through the viewing and use of their created content. In essence, this enables you to have the job of which many dream of: you simply talk about (or write about) your passions, educating and inspiring others, and receive compensation.

As some examples of content creators making a profession of an online business through content creation a reality (besides the obvious, such as YouTube ad revenue,) a service that went viral last year, Steem, compensates content creators for high quality posts and comments directly through their platform via a blockchain-based asset. This decentralization of compensation for content creators has been in demand in a growing industry, where more and more content creators are seeking the optimal methodology to bolster their visibility while simultaneously optimizing their revenue, as many platforms take what is considered a highly disproportionate percentile of the overall profit.

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Are you an innovative, ambitious aviation or aerospace student? Then Air Charter Service (ACS) has some fantastic opportunities for you. The private aviation giant, which specializes in luxury, group, and cargo jet services, runs over 12,000 charters a year and is passionate about funding the future generation of the industry. Find out below how to offset your university and research costs by applying for ACS aviation scholarships or student grants worth up to $5,000.

How ACS is funding the future of aviation

From a humble basement start-up to a global leader in the aviation sector with offices in six continents, ACS has always believed in nurturing the next generation of aerospace and aviation students through internships. Founder Chris Leach started the company in 1990 and helped to finance its development by taking in a lodger, Justin Bowman, a university student who ‘had an encyclopaedic knowledge of aircraft’, says Leach.

It wasn’t long before Bowman became an intern at ACS and worked his way up to become the company’s CEO. Other students who’ve benefited from internship opportunities include David Lewis, who’s now the ACS Search Marketing Executive, and Lloyd Robinson who started an internship in 2004. Since then, he’s risen through the ranks to his current position as Business Development Director. Robinson says:

“Over the past 13 years I have seen the company go from strength to strength. ACS has grown from a team of 30 to a company with over 400 employees, and offices across the globe.”

Today, ACS offers everything from luxury private jet services for business and leisure, to transporting humanitarian aid around the world. ACS is keen to continue investing in the next generation of aviation leaders through its new grant and scholarship schemes, so what exactly are they offering?

How much are ACS aviation scholarships and grants worth?

If you’re a bright, innovative aviation or aerospace student, ACS is eager to help you finance your studies and fund ground-breaking research in the field. Here’s what they’re offering:

• $5,000 aviation scholarships to students who are conducting cutting-edge research for an established scientific journal. Winners will be chosen according to the caliber of the journal and the impact their study could have on the world of aviation.
• Up to $500 for publishing research on the ACS website. Apply for this grant option and you’ll make some incredible contacts with aviation experts at ACS. They’ll provide you with industry insight and statistics that will enhance your research.
• Up to $500 to support your existing research set to be published. The amount you receive for this type of grant will vary depending on how important your study is likely to be to the field of aviation research.

Am I eligible for an ACS grant or scholarship?

To apply for an ACS aviation scholarship or student grant, you must currently be enrolled in a university in the United States that is fully accredited. To qualify, you should be studying an engineering or aviation course such as Commercial Aviation, Airport Management,Professional Pilot programs, or Aviation Management.

How to apply for an aviation grant or scholarship

ACS is keen to hear from ambitious students who’d like to benefit from financial study and research aid. Apply before the deadline of December 31^st 2018 for your application to be considered. Please send the following details to Glenn Phillips (Glenn.Phillips@aircharterservice.com):

• Full name
• Contact details
• Mobile number
• Email address
• Name of your university program
• Your research topic
• The potential publication website
• Name of existing publications you’re researching for.

If you have any questions about applying for ACS student grants or aviation scholarships, please contact Glenn Phillips. Don’t miss the chance to build your career in aviation, apply today.

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Artificial intelligence is not just some buzzword anymore, it’s becoming the reality of many businesses and firms. According to NewScientist, there is a 50% chance that machines will start outperforming humans at their jobs by the year 2060. Machines will be better at translating languages, driving trucks and even writing a best-selling novel. The development industry is not immune to this shift. In fact, despite its disruptive capacity, AI provides plenty of potential for improving both software development and testing. Weaker versions of AI have been used in the industry for quite some time, but advances in AI and machine learning mean that applications will be able to learn autonomously and react to complex scenarios, without intervention.

Turning an idea into code has never been an easy task for developers, even with initiatives like Agile and DevOps. But advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are about to make it a whole lot easier. Advanced AI is going to help developers find the data they need to fix, simplifying the testing process. Plenty of developers consider testing the most important phase in the SDLC, firms will be able to implement AI to increase automation in testing and achieve high quality results.

DevOps often spend hours, or even days, trying to pick out the faulty code in a software project. Automated AI will be able to find that data for them, and suggest possible changes, and how to apply them to the software development life cycle (SDLC). It will also allow text recognition in any software model. This kind of technology is a real boon for those working with custom software development, allowing them bring up similar development cycles to reference, as well as error phases and flaws, giving the team valuable resources to improve the current project.

AI will improve communication between developers too. Sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint who worked on a section of code, AI will solve this problem by tracking and recording who works on what data and making it easily accessible.

Currently, programming languages like JavaScript, Ruby, and Python allow templating of businesses policies and best practices. AI and rule-based learning can enable better implementation of policies like these, which aren’t confined to a single problem. This cuts down on business costs, as coding policies through traditional language can be an expensive task.

While the days where developers will be able to tell a computer to create a program, sit back and watch the magic happen are still a way off, the new advances in AI technology will allow programmers to create better, safer software than those currently created in traditional environments. Software development is never going to stop needed tech-savvy professionals with the capacity to think outside the box. But understanding the shift towards AI and knowing how to apply it is going to become an important skill in both quality assurance and other development jobs. Developers will need to be comfortable with machine learning, data science and deep learning, and eventually they’ll be building applications that learn all on their own.

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Technology has made our lives so much easier. At the same time, it has taken away a few things that we always related to our growing up years. For example, alarm clocks are close to an extinct device in today’s world. And our children might never even get to see postcards! We didn’t know this might happen 20 years back. Similarly, it is hard to predict how the world would be like 20 years from now.

Technology has reached a new high now, when we are thinking of building an exclusive highway just for self-drive cars, because they obviously follow the rules to the T, unlike human beings. Have you ever thought, how technical advancement might affect the future of some professions? It seems like these professions might face extinction.

If you look at data and statistics, in the last 60 years the only job that has become extinct is that of an elevator operator. So what will happen when technology enables the business to be automated? Basically, the job doesn’t disappear completely, but the profile changes. Professionals need new skillset to be suitable for it and in most cases they do not have it.

So, which are the professions that are likely to be taken over by the robots? Experts agree that telemarketing is one sector that 99% businesses will automate. Pre-recorded robotic calls are something we are quite used to now. The tax consultant is another profession that is probably endangered right now. Since tax preparation would just need a few figures robots can easily do it. Similarly, other professions that involve highly structured and predictable processes can be automated. Legal assistants, for example, might face the heat as well.

However, there is one more aspect to automation. Each and every business will have to consider whether having a robot will be more feasible or not. Robots might be too expensive the and job outcome might not be as good. In those cases, it is far better to employ a human than automate the business. However jobs at factories that require a lot of manual labor and has rote tasks work better with robots and tend to be less cheap as well. Data collecting and processing is another field where automation might play a big role. Retail, finance, insurance – all three industries will be highly affected due to this. But, as mentioned before, it is best to remember that automation doesn’t mean the jobs will disappear completely. Just that the roles and responsibilities will change.

So what are the professions that will not be at risk? Of course, the ones that require creativity. Robots are perfect for rote tasks, but they will never be able to think independently and come up with new ideas for business, create an artwork or invent something new. Hence, be creative in whatever you do and you will always be valuable as an employee.

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