Blog Posts Tagged with "legislation"
On Security, Legislation and Cloud Vendors
March 16, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
Ever since the MegaUpload case, when innocent customers of an admittedly generally dodgy cloud service lost their data after a global take-down notice, it has concerned me that more mainstream vendors might have an impending issue they need to think about...
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Commerce Secretary Bryson Doesn't Understand Cyber Espionage
March 15, 2012 Added by:Jeffrey Carr
The U.S. will only begin to save its intellectual property from cyber thieves when corporate boards of directors force CEOs to inventory, segregate and monitor their critical data in real time which usually means re-architecting their entire network...
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On President Obama’s Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
February 29, 2012 Added by:Brian Dean
If new legislation is passed, those who have already embraced the CPBR concepts will be well positioned to comply with it. Also, meeting these objectives will meet your clients’ expectations, including those detailed by the CPBR, creating a competitive advantage...
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DHS's Mark Weatherford on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012
February 23, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"The proposed legislation would enable DHS to be more effective and efficient in its protection of federal networks by clarifying DHS’ authorities in this space and enabling better sharing of cybersecurity information from other federal agencies to DHS..."
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Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Cybersecurity Collides with Risk
February 19, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
This is just a chance to create some new regulatory-agency office, hire a bunch of new auditors, attorneys, experts, and waste more time rather than actually making critical infrastructure more risk-averse...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cyberwar
February 16, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
Sure, there are potential issues with regard to infrastructure and hacking/warfare, but, it is not such that we need to frame it and clothe it in the ripped flag of 9/11 do we? Obviously these guys all think so. I would beg to differ, and I find it shameful...
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One in Three Massachusetts Residents’ Records Breached
February 15, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Massachusetts has one of the most stringent data protection laws on the books. Companies are now reporting when even a single individual’s information has been compromised. Despite strict security requirements, companies are continually being hacked in record numbers....
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The Obama Administration’s Cybersecurity Proposal
February 13, 2012 Added by:Headlines
The President’s proposal would establish national standards, protect federal networks, and allow DHS to provide enhanced voluntary assistance to our private sector and state, local, tribal, and territorial government partners...
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Insecurity by Way of Compliance
February 08, 2012 Added by:Danny Lieberman
The US leads in data security breaches while the EU leads in data security. The EU has strong, uniform data security regulation, whereas the US has a quilt-work of hundreds of security directives where each agency has it’s own system for data security compliance...
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Intelligence Leaders Urge Congress to Act on Cyber Laws
February 06, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Among the greatest challenges in cyber security are knowing the perpetrator of a cyber attack in real time and finding capability gaps in the cyber supply chain – the entire set of key actors involved in the cyber infrastructure...
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A Conversation with Richard Clarke – Part I
January 31, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Chris Wysopal and internationally-renowned cyber security expert Richard Clarke discuss the changing cyber threat environment, the evolving cyber legislation landscape, and steps you can take to strengthen your organization’s resilience...
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US-CERT Warns of Denial-of-Service Malware Campaign
January 26, 2012 Added by:Headlines
US-CERT has received reports of attacks using malware-laden email attachments. The advisory comes one week after multiple DDoS attacks were launched against entertainment industry and US government websites by Anonymous supporters in an operation dubbed OpMegaupload...
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Internet-Wide Protests Against the Blacklist Legislation
January 18, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
The SOPA and PIPA blacklist bills are dangerous: if made into law, they would hamper innovation, kill jobs, wreak havoc on Internet security, and undermine the free speech principles upon which our country was founded...
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SOPA/PIPA: The Internet Goes to Washington on January 18
January 13, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Representative Darrell Issa, an outspoken SOPA critic and the author of alternative legislation called the OPEN Act, has announced that Congress will hold a hearing to hear from actual technical experts, technology job creators, Internet investors and legal scholars...
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Internet Architects Oppose SOPA and PIPA Legislation
December 19, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Eighty-three innovators, inventors and engineers signed the letter that specifically calls for Congress to reject the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in an attempt to prevent government efforts to codify broad Internet censorship powers...
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Senators Call for Privacy Law Update
October 14, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) - signed when mobile phones were the size of bricks and the World Wide Web didn't exist – is woefully outdated, putting Americans' privacy at risk. Sens. Wyden and Kirk jointly call for updating U.S. privacy law to keep pace with technology...
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- The Danger of Mixing Cyber Espionage with Cyber Warfare
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