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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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…
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…
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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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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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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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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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, …
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…
Coindesk.com reported comments from futurist David L. Shrier who stated that “2019 saw possibly $200 million or more stolen from various exchanges, and perhaps more unreported hacks occurred as well. I am hopeful that 2020 will see better cyber-hygiene and cyber-practices.” The December 23, 2019 article entitled “2020…
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