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Data Privacy News

Why the End of Net Neutrality and the Demise of the Open Internet Could Have Unintended Consequences for Data Privacy and Cyber Security

December 18, 2017

The FCC’s historic overturning of the Obama-era Net Neutrality rules could have profound implications for the Open Internet. While there are potential censorship and service pricing implications of this move, what are the long-term impact on data privacy and cyber security?

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Data Privacy News

Changing Dimensions of Customer Privacy and Digital Trust

December 15, 2017

Companies must show that they are constantly innovating but they must also show that they are taking into account customer privacy and security to protect personal information. Those that can manage this delicate balancing act between customer privacy and digital trust will be the winners in the modern digital economy.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Federal Websites in Urgent Need of Web Security Upgrade

December 8, 2017

The U.S. Federal Government is a behemoth that touches every aspect of American life – and today the services and information needed by U.S. citizens are increasingly found online. However, the latest report on the state of U.S. federal websites indicates that they fail on some key indicators regarding web security.

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Data Protection News

Global 500 Faces GDPR Compliance Costs of $7.8 Billion

December 1, 2017

According to a new survey conducted by the IAPP and EY, Global 500 companies will spend a combined $7.8 billion over the next year on GDPR compliance. Those escalating compliance costs will mostly result from new hiring, as corporations race to catch up with changes to privacy laws.

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Cyber Security News

Pentagon’s Leaked Database Reveals Extent of Internet Surveillance

November 24, 2017

Misconfigured AWS buckets containing dozens of terabytes worth of social media messages were exposed to the public. The data found in Pentagon's leaked database was gathered by the U.S. military as part of their ongoing efforts to identify so called ‘persons of interest’, revealing the extent of internet surveillance.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Government Opens Up Vulnerabilities Equities Process, Problem Solved?

November 21, 2017

The U.S. government reveals the Vulnerabilities Equities Process which decides if vulnerability data is released or gets stockpiled as cyber weapons.

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Cyber Security News

Dark Web Offers Bargain Prices for Remote Access to Corporate PCs

November 16, 2017

Rock bottom prices on the dark web for remote access into corporate PCs a boon for cyber criminals to steal data, distribute malware and ransomware attacks.

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Cyber Security News

Hackers to Help Make Voting Machines Safe Again

November 15, 2017

Fear of Russian hackers infiltrating voting machines in the last U.S. presidential election has led to a new bill to enlist hackers to find vulnerabilities.

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Data Privacy News

Privacy Shield “Adequate” for Data Transfer but Needs FISA Reform

November 13, 2017

U.S. doing an “adequate” job for Privacy Shield but could be doing more to protect the data transfer of EU users, including reform of the FISA regulations.

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Cyber Security News

Only 1 in 3 Developers Confident They are Writing Secure Code

November 9, 2017

Executives concerned about secure applications but developers are not confident that they are writing secure code or the security of third party modules.

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Why the End of Net Neutrality and the Demise of the Open Internet Could Have Unintended Consequences for Data Privacy and Cyber Security

Changing Dimensions of Customer Privacy and Digital Trust

U.S. Federal Websites in Urgent Need of Web Security Upgrade

U.S. Government Opens Up Vulnerabilities Equities Process, Problem Solved?

Dark Web Offers Bargain Prices for Remote Access to Corporate PCs

Hackers to Help Make Voting Machines Safe Again

Privacy Shield “Adequate” for Data Transfer but Needs FISA Reform

Only 1 in 3 Developers Confident They are Writing Secure Code

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People

Chinese Actors Deploy LLM Gateways to Clone U.S. Frontier AI Models

Google Joins the Rogue AI Model Party, But Insists Its “Mistaken Identity” Incidents Were Not Misalignment