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CPRA: More opportunity than threat for employers
Increasingly demanded by consumers, data privacy laws can create onerous burdens on even the most well-meaning businesses. California presents plenty of evidence to back up …
What are the most hack-resistant industries?
Government and financial service sectors globally are the most hack-resistant industries in 2020, according to Synack. Government and financial services scored 15 percent and …
NIST guide to help orgs recover from ransomware, other data integrity attacks
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a cybersecurity practice guide enterprises can use to recover from data integrity attacks, i.e., …
What’s causing uncertainty about election security?
Confidence levels in securing the election are low, and declining, according to an ISACA survey of more than 3,000 IT governance, risk, security and audit professionals in the …
Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit: Protect the core that underpins the Internet
The Internet Society has launched the first-ever regulatory assessment toolkit that defines the critical properties needed to protect and enhance the future of the Internet. …
Mobile voting: Hype or reality?
The 2020 United States presidential election is already off to a rocky start. We’ve seen technology fail in the primary elections, in-person campaigning halted, and a plethora …
Army researchers awarded patent for secure comms
Army researchers have been awarded a patent for inventing a practical method for Army wireless devices to covertly authenticate and communicate. Photo by Jason Edwards …
Most consumers believe government regulation should help address privacy risks
As consumers’ concerns about their digital privacy continue to grow and who is responsible for guarding it remains unclear, new research conducted by Ponemon Institute …
Assessing the email security controls used by 10,000 U.S. state and local election administrators
With fewer than 100 days left until Election Day, a new report from Area 1 Security reveals that states are still in widely varying stages of cybersecurity readiness. Key …
Building a quantum internet: Fast data exchange, difficult to eavesdrop
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled a report that lays out a blueprint strategy for the development of a national quantum internet. It provides a pathway to ensure …
Most COVID-19 contact-tracing apps are not adequately secured
Security researchers have analyzed contact-tracing mobile apps from around the globe and found that their developers have generally failed to implement suitable security and …
Patented algorithms predict, identify, diagnose and prevent abnormalities in complex systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced public health, supply chain, transportation, government, economic and many other entities to interact in real time. One of the challenges in …