Dyman & Associates Risk Management Projects is a Risk Management firm whose main office is based in Boston, MA. We operate in the following fields: Cyber Security, Project Management, Emergency Management, Technology Governance, and Physical Security. Our company is a minority-owned enterprise with both MBE & DBE certifications.

 

Quite often, organizations muddle through crises in isolation, undertaking prime decisions within a vacuum. Dyman & Associates Risk Management Projects has the collective know-how to minimize your exposure to risk and help make your business become more resilient. We will work diligently for your benefit. We believe that honesty, reliability, and excellent customer service serve as the foundation for lasting relationships. Moreover, we supply empathy, humility, and a promise to give back to our community.

 

Cyber Security

 

The increase of incidents of cyber-attacks against businesses and government agencies in the United States continues. FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed that, "Terrorism is still FBI's top priority. But very soon, we expect that the cyber threat will replace terrorism as the number one threat to national security".

 

Dyman & Associates Risk Management Projects utilizes its decades-old track record in cyber security to provide protection for your employees, intellectual property, and other precious assets. Our consultants not only have many years of experience, but are also dedicated to the regular honing of their skills and keeping current on the innovations in hacking techniques and security trends.

 

Our services include:

·         Cloud Security

·         Mobile Security

·         Incident Response

·         Computer Forensics

·         Electronic Discovery

·         Penetration Testing

 

Dyman Review: Panchal Associates, Contact

We would like to introduce ourselves as a Manufacturer of Duoblock type Industrial OIL / GAS Burners, their spares & accessories. The Proprietor, Mr. B. H. Panchal is having vide experience in Erection, Commissioning & Servicing of M/S OERTLI & KLOCKNER type OIL / GAS Burners with M/S. IAEC INDIA LTD; BHANDUP, MUMBAI. We manufacture Oil / Gas Burners, their Spares, Accessories & Controllers like Positioner controllers, Electronic Low Water probe relay etc.

We also manufacture replacement spares for the Boilers manufactured by M/S. IAEC INDIA LTD., MUMBAI and any other Make & Brands of The Boilers & Burners. We Design & Manufacture Impo+rt substitute for special purpose Burners & their accessories. We also Sale & Service LANDIS & GYR, SATRONIC, PETERCEM & other Make & Brands of Sequence controllers for Oil & Gas Burners. We also undertake Guaranteed repairs of all types of the Burners & Boilers components, Controllers & their accessories.

Address                             :           #84-89, New Modella Industrial Estate, Wagle Estate,         Thane - 400604, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Tel. No.                                :           (022) 25827433 / 25800651 / 99201905

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Email                                      :           response@panchalassociates.com

ADDRESS (Factory)      :           Unit No.7, Ferrodie Indl.Co-Op Society Ltd.

Road No.22, Wagle Estate, Thane - 400 604, Maharashtra, INDIA

Dyman Review:  Park Associates, Company 

Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Since 1986, we have provided research and analysis to companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research, custom research, consultation, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service subscriptions.

Scope of Research

 

› Global markets

› Features and differentiation

› Innovations and disruptive technologies

› Market participants and company profiles

› SWOT analysis

› Customer preferences and purchase intentions

› Consumer behavior and usage habits

› Adoption and price sensitivity  

› Consumer segmentation

› Optimal bundles

› Channel dynamics

› Market trends

› Market sizing & forecasts

› Value chain analysis

› Branding

>Primary Consumer Research

>Industry and Competitive Analysis

>Focus Groups

>Forecasting and Distribution Analysis

>Strategic Seminars and Workshops

>Executive Conferences

>Custom Projects and Consulting

 

Parks Associates produces multiple events for industry executives throughout the year.  Our core industry events – CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase – hosts over 500 industry executives each year. CONNECTIONS™ Europe examines digital living issues specific to the European continent, and CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES reviews the year in digital product and services each year and looks ahead to the major consumer and industry trends.

 

Parks Associates also hosts research Webcasts every month.

Parks Associates is currently hiring. If you are interested in an opportunity to work for a leading market research firm, please contact Elizabeth Parks today. 

 

>Research Intern

>Marketing Intern

>Researcher

>Research Analyst

>Research Director

>Marketing Associate

>Business Development Associate

 

Dyman Review: Parks Associates CEO honored at 2014 Legacy Awards

Tricia Parks, Chairman, Founder, and CEO of Parks Associates, was recently recognized by Women in CE as a 2014 Legacy Awards honoree. Other honorees include: Sandra Benedetto, director of product management for THX; Deena Ghazarian, vice president of global sales and strategy for Monster Products; Kathleen Thomas, vice president of domestic sales for AudioQuest; Deb Kassoff of CEA; and Nicole Yelland, director of marketing and communications for Livio.

 

The organization described this year’s honorees as CE leaders who are committed to innovation, growth, and continuous improvement within the industry.

 

The 2014 Legacy Awards will take place on January 7, during International CES.

Firm sees Health Data Gateway as Strategic Investment Focus for device makers, care providers

 

New digital health research from Parks Associates predicts U.S. unit sales of networked medical devices will exceed 14 million units by 2018, more than five times the sales from 2012. In the report Networked Medical Devices: Innovations & Business Models, analysts attribute multiple factors in driving this market, including an aging population and reforms spearheaded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

"The addressable market for networked medical devices includes 68 million Americans with hypertension and 26 million with diabetes," said Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates. "Consumers are also demanding more autonomy in managing their care, which will drive the market in 2014 to improve patients' self-care experience. Network connectivity will enable new business models built on health software and services instead of hardware and consumable sales."

Parks Associates reports networked medical devices, including weight scales, glucometers, and ECGs, will use a variety of networking protocols, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ANT+, to enable patient self-care and point-of-care diagnosis.The networking functions on these medical devices create the need to aggregate sensor, test, and behavioral data, so solutions such as Qualcomm Life’s 2Net platform, which aggregates device data and can transmit to the cloud, will become more important in 2014.

 

"The health data gateway market will garner substantial interest from both device makers and care providers,” Wang said. “Health data will be a hot commodity in this ACA era. Device makers and health data gateway providers, both incumbents and start-ups, will leverage these data to build new revenue opportunities and create new business partnerships."

 

                               Watches, bracelets, gloves and hats, are currently being updated with Bluetooth wireless technology which allows them to collect data and send it back to a smartphone or tablet application. Bluetooth Smart is fast becoming the connectivity solution or wearable technology by appealing to consumers with both wearable sports and fitness trackers.

Bluetooth Smart, an intelligent and power-friendly version of Bluetooth wireless technology, is making wearables accessible for the mass market. The power-efficiency technology was created for devices needing to run off a small battery for an extended period of time and its applications is compatible with any smartphone or tablet. Bluetooth Smart also makes it easy for developers and OEMs to create solutions that will work with the billions of Bluetooth enabled products already in the market.

Bitcoin is a currency forged through hardcore mathematics and buoyed by promises of financial liberation from banks.  Its climb has been very thrilling.

 

Many are embracing bitcoin as a viable means of exchange and a valuable investment and it is rapidly increasing.   Since it is free from meddling by central banks and what some view as untrustworthy financial systems.

 

Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonymous programmer, developed the Bitcoin system.  It was released a white paper in 2008 while in early 2009, the network launched uses peer-to-peer software to transfer bitcoins.

Bitcoin is a purely digital currency; basically a secret number that is transmitted from one party to another using public key cryptography.  The people running high-end computers that verify the transactions are called “miners”, they are awarded newly minted bitcoins for their efforts.

 

One reason why this so called bitcoin is so attractive is that its distance from the established financial system and lack of regulation.  Compare to those virtual currency projects that failed in the past years, bitcoin has so far defied predictions it would meet the same fate.

 

Bitcoin “seems to resonate quite deeply” with people who don’t trust banks, even if the rosy predictions of its potential are baseless in standard economic theory, said Dick Bryan, a professor with the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney.

 

No one can create an accurate economic model for Bitcoin, and everyone who thinks they can give an explanation is posturing,” Bryan said.

 

Bitcoin’s early supporters have been very happy since if you bought the virtual currency in early 2011 at US$1 each instead of a new pair of $600 snakeskin cowboy boots, you’d be up roughly $600,000, depending on fluctuating exchange rates.

 

According to the first report on Bitcoin released Dec. 5, Bank of America Merrill Lynch predicted a value of $1,300 per bitcoin if it becomes a force in e-commerce and money transfers.

 

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the numbers.  And when proponents promote Bitcoin from a clever system for transferring value to a potential replacement for government-issued currency, it seems that it has no limit.

 

“Buy bitcoins now. Take 5 percent of your net worth, and put it into Bitcoin,” said Steve Kirsch[cq], CEO of OneID, a startup that provides encryption services to protect people’s data, at the Future of Money and Technology conference in San Francisco in early December.

“You won’t be sorry,” Kirsch said. “I think for the next few years, any time you buy bitcoins and hold onto them, and then sell it, you’ll make substantial amounts of money. You’ll be so happy.”

 

Bitcoin is sometimes being confused to a Ponzi scheme.  This is a type of scam where money from new investments is used to pay off a few early investors with the rest skimmed until the scheme goes bust.  But Bitcoin is clearly not a Ponzi scheme, the frenzied get-in-now enthusiasm of late belies the fact that it is a very new and immature software experiment.

 

Consequently, Bitcoin’s buzz is offset by suspicion, doubt and, occasionally, contempt.

 

“I’ve always had the view that Bitcoin is a very beta project,” said Evan Schmidt, who runs Buttcoin.org, a mocking blog. “It seems a lot of people are basically saying ‘Get some bitcoins, hold onto them forever and you’ll be rich’.”

Bitcoin could have a positive effect for e-commerce.  Similar to a cash deal, once a bitcoin is sent, the transaction can’t be reversed He launched Buttcoin.org in mid-2011 after becoming fascinated by the community around Bitcoin — libertarians, scammers, developers, hackers, early-adopters — as well as its embrace by the Silk Road online drugs market.

 

“There were a lot of weird things that were going on,” Schmidt said.

 

Buttcoin immortalizes Bitcoin supporters at their most hyperbolic moments, with heavy doses of sarcasm. The blog gets more than 15,000 hits a month, said Schmidt, who said he’s fine with Bitcoin as a speculative play but doubtful of it as a currency.

Bitcoin could have a positive effect for e-commerce.  Similar to a cash deal, once a bitcoin is sent, the transaction can’t be reversed unless the receiver gives it back.   That’s good for merchants, who may end up responsible if someone uses another person’s credit card to pay for goods and the money is reclaimed in what’s known as a “chargeback.”

Moreover, consumers don’t have to submit personal information when sending bitcoins, reducing opportunities for identity theft.

 

For vendors of illegal goods, Bitcoin is close to perfect. “I think it is one of the best innovations coming from the modern computing era,” said a former Silk Road methamphetamine and heroin dealer, via instant message. The dealer, who confirmed his role in Silk Road, has a strong background in technology and said he’d place Bitcoin high on the list of the most important creations in the last few hundred years.

The unsuspecting and unwary Facebook users are being lured by cybercriminals with the promises of shiny gadgets. These scammers took advantage of the time when everyone is looking out for last minute deals ahead of Christmas. They are all over where they could defraud busy Christmas shoppers, they were jumping on the bandwagon and offering free gadgets and games on social networking sites in return for personal information.

 

Kaspersky Lab has seen scammers trying to interest Facebook users with pages on PlayStation 4 offers, and on new Apple iPhones and iPads during the lead up to this festive period and there were even pages about an iPhone 8, which doesn’t exist.

 

According to Kaspersky, despite the unofficial-looking posts, many are falling for them and lending credence to the scam campaigns. One supposed Christmas competition offering PlayStation 4 consoles had received over 776 shares.

 

Kaspersky risk management projects Lab notifies public that liking these false Facebook offers could leave them at risk of hacking and malware.

 

“Scammers use numerous techniques to get people to give away their Facebook logins. Clicking on an email link entitled ‘Facebook Christmas Specials’, for example, could open a fake Facebook portal in which users are required to enter their login details,” warned Kaspersky.

 

“As the interface appears identical to the real social media platform, users don’t realise what’s happening. Once the victims have entered their details, the hacker has their passwords. As most people tend to use the same password for services such as eBay, Amazon and webmail, this can trigger a dangerous chain reaction.”

 

Kaspersky said that social media users should never click links that don’t come from trusted parties. Even if a link has been posted from a friend they should still be wary, as that friend may have been hacked.