Darkingreading.com reported that “43% of CISOs report to the CEO and 14% report to the board directly….100% of CISOs at large enterprises are on pace to report to their boards on cybersecurity and technology risk at least annually.” The February 20, 2020 article entitled “10 Tough Questions CEOs Are
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EU Issues New AI Rules! How Will That Impact the World?
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Venturebeat.com reported that “the EU wants to amass data gathered in such sectors as manufacturing, transportation, energy, and health care that can be leveraged to develop AI for the public good and to accelerate Europe’s own startups.” The February 17, 2020 article entitled “EU’s new AI rules will…
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Ransomware’s next target –THE CLOUD!
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Darkreading.com reported there the cloud is likely the next target since “…most public cloud providers do supply basic security controls, they may not include all of the latest security services needed to prevent more evasive threats.” The February 11, 2020 article entitled “Why Ransomware Will Soon Target the Cloud…
Can AI and Privacy Laws Co-Exist?
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Law.com published an article that said “AI complicates the problem since it relies on data in order to learn and derive insights, something that many organizations operating within the U.S. have already taken advantage in order to streamline fundamental business practices and monitor productivity. But the data needed to drive…
Court Rules for Insured in a Ransomware Insurance claim!
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My friend Judy Greenwald reported on BusinessInsurance.com that “A U.S. District Court ruling in Maryland that an insurer must indemnify a screen-printing business under its business owner’s policy for costs incurred in a ransomware attack may be the first of its kind concerning ransomware, and is likely to be cited…
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Do You Think That the NIST Privacy Framework Helps?
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Law.com reported that with the January 16, 2020 release version 1.0 of the NIST Privacy Framework, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) ”… joins a chorus of advocates calling for companies to thoroughly understand its collection and storage of personal information.” The January 24, 2020 report entitled “…
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Can Blockchain Provide Cybersecurity of IoT?
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TechRepublic.com reported from the CES 2020 that IoT may benefit from Blockchain since “basically the IoT solution is based on a very low-power CPU that is running the software, communicating through a gateway to the cloud and application. Basically, those devices are low power. There’s no practical cybersecurity to secure…
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Huge Cyberrisk! End of Life on Windows 7 & Server 2008!
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Darkreading.com reported Microsoft announced end of life on January 14, 2020 and “Attackers are “chomping at the bit” to target victims still running Windows 7 and Server 2008…and it’s pretty much fair game for them to find ways to exploit vulnerabilities.” The January 13, 2020 report entitled “Microsoft to…
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Cybersecurity Threat to AI including BEC!
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Darkreading.com reported that “As applied use of AI/ML [Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning] starts to advance and spread throughout a plethora of business and technology use cases, security experts are going to need to help their colleagues in the business start to address new risks, new threat models, new domains of expertise, …
Will Virginia Offer Blockchain Elections?
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Cointelegraph.com reported that “on Jan. 8, a new bill requesting further study into blockchain-based elections has emerged in Virginia’s General Assembly.” The January 6, 2020 article entitled “US State of Virginia Legislature Looks to Blockchain for Elections” included these comments about Blockchain elections:
West Virginia, was the first…