What 2014 Will Bring to Your BusinessFox BusinessSmall businesses were in growth mode in 2013 and more of the same is expected in the New Year. See on smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com

AzerNewsEBRD to allocate $40 mln to Kazakh railway companyAzerNewsThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a loan worth $40 million to Kazakh national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the bank said. See on http://www.azernews.az

Trend.az S&P affirms Kazakh Kassa Nova Bank’s ratings Trend.az Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it had affirmed its ‘B’ long-term and ‘C’ short-term counterparty credit ratings and ‘kzBB’ Kazakhstan national scale rating on Kassa… See on en.trend.az

Kazakhstan and China to sign an agreement on 24 transborder rivers Tengrinews Kazakhstan and China intend to sign an agreement on 24 transborder rivers, Tengrinews.kz reports, citing Erlan Idrissov, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister, as saying December… See on en.tengrinews.kz

Combating Online Payment RisksBankInfoSecurity.comToo many companies today are relying on outdated and weak identity verification techniques such as CAPTCHA. … Knowledge-based authentication in an age of social media sharing is a joke as well. See on http://www.bankinfosecurity.com

Gotcha! FBI launches new biometric systems to nail criminals Computerworld Australia To date, the agency has upgraded the ten-print system hardware and software, launched a new palm-print search capability and is currently piloting face recognition… See on http://www.computerworld.com.au

Microsoft’s 2014 Security Predictions Top Tech News The most effective way to protect systems in the current environment, where drive-by download attacks are so popular with attackers, is to keep all software installed on them up-to-date with… See on http://www.toptechnews.com

Worse: if you think your company is safe, think again. See on tech.fortune.cnn.com

WatchGuard Technologies’ Top 8 Security Predictions for 2014 PR Newswire (press release) To learn more read the complete blog entry or download the infographic. … See on http://www.prnewswire.com

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