Documentolog News #20 (August 17, 2020 - August 24, 2020)

? New companies you can interact with electronically on Doculite.kz: 

New Legal Entities (NLE) 

for the week / total   +168 (-10%) / 12,724,

New Individuals (NI)

for the week / total   +483 (+14%) / 14,164. 

? Systems created under the Promotion: 

for the week / total   + 13 / 52;

? Electronic documents sent (ED sent): 

for the week / total  + 27,555 (+7%) / 1,235,121; 

? Minimum savings on courier services (MSCS): 

for the week / total    6,888,750 tenge / 308,780,250 tenge;

? New client requests (CR): 

for the week / year   + 513 (-6%) / 22,657; 

? Average request execution rating (AP):

for the week    4.98;

? Documentolog system availability level (SAL):

for the past week  98.68%;

? 2,379 (+75%) information security events were recorded. Of these:

- 23 hacking attempts,

- 2,356 events of analysis and vulnerability search in our network. 

All malicious actions were successfully prevented.

?We held a live broadcast  on the terms of the "Documentolog EDS free for 12 months" promotion for new and existing clients. 

?Announced new bonus accrual conditions for additional services to all new clients.

? Updated 16 client systems to the Documentolog 7.8.2 release.

❗️ Other news from last week:

?Gartner named five new trends, that will drive IT innovation over the next decade.

?Global cybersecurity trends in the first months of the pandemic: Microsoft conducted a study of large companies in India, Germany, the UK, and the USA to identify changes that occurred in the first two months of the pandemic in the field of digital transformation and information security.

?Apple's market capitalization exceeded $2 trillion. It took Apple just two years to go from being the first company in the world with a market capitalization of $1 trillion to a new record.

?Kazakhtelecom summed up the results for the first half of 2020: EBITDA increased by 71% over the year.

?Kazakhstanis had their card data stolen when buying airline tickets: users were offered to purchase tickets at a favorable price, but after processing, the payment card details fell into the hands of fraudsters.

?Zoom service outage: service was restored for most users. The company identified an issue that led to a partial outage, preventing users from accessing online meeting and webinar services, and acknowledged a shortcoming in its cloud services.

?Data of 235 million Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok users were found online, extracted from public profiles, including usernames, full names, contact information, images, age data, and more. 

?IT camouflage: hiding confidential information from intruders.

?New internet data transmission speed record — 178 terabits per second. Engineers from KDDI Research and Xtera have developed new technologies to transmit more data over the existing fiber optic network.

?The FBI warned of the threat of voice phishing — vishing (voice phishing). A group of cybercriminals collects data from victims — company employees, then calls them via voice over the internet (VoIP) and finds out the necessary information to penetrate the corporate network and steal data.

?In the US, startups began recruiting students who were quarantined due to the pandemic. They offer young people to undergo remote internships. 

?Dutch hackers managed to hack traffic lights in several cities.

?Oracle may oust Microsoft in buying TikTok.

?Trend Micro published the results of a new study on cybersecurity threats in 2020. The study examines the main areas of cybercriminal activity in 2020 and the changes brought about by the pandemic.

?Apple buys a company for $100 million, whose development could turn the iPhone into a payment terminal.

?An IDC expert outlined the path to a new normal in conditions of "extreme instability" (namely, the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic).

?The Security Council: The US carries out up to 75% of all cyberattacks.

?Conscious banking and gamification: 10 key trends in fintech, analytics by Maeutica.

?IBM is emerging from the crisis: according to market experts, the rise in IBM's stock price may be facilitated by the release of the Power10 processor, which the manufacturer calls a platform for implementing hybrid cloud systems of corporate level in data centers. 

?Analysts assessed the possible consequences of sanctions on Huawei.

?Intel found a way to stop the collapse of quotes, which fell by 20% over the past month.

That's all. We wish everyone a productive week!