Cybersecurity

• [New] The national security community has had a role in targeting ransomware attackers since the Biden administration elevated the cybersecurity threat from a criminal challenge to a terrorism matter. / Small Wars Journal
• [New] Quantum Xchange provides a quantum-safe key distribution system that is deployable today, works to immediately enhance an organization's existing crypto infrastructure, and protects data and communication networks from future threats like a quantum attack. / QuantumXC
• [New] DOD's most costly weapon programs continue to execute in an environment that emphasizes the importance of software and the ability to respond effectively to global cybersecurity threats more than ever before. / US General Accounting Office
• [New] Following a recent Supreme Court ruling, cybersecurity threat hunters face fewer legal obstacles to the work they do - discovering and responsibly reporting security flaws in companies' technologies and networks. / globalassets
• [New] In order to identify some criminal transactions, US authorities will collect data from millions of people and companies, breaking privacy principles and harming lawful businesses. / Covert Geopolitics
• [New] In the United States, the US National Security Agency recently warned companies about the cybersecurity risks to industrial systems. / Law360
• [New] Google is tightening its privacy practices that could make it harder for apps on Android phones and tablets to track users who have opted out of receiving personalized interest-based ads. / The Hacker News
• [New] Cybersecurity is emerging as critical to Business Continuity and growth in 2021 because dispersed workforces and heightened IT threats call for deliberate actions to ensure security is robust. / Intelligent Tech Channels
• [New] Access to Microsoft's global network of data centers will enable organizations using iManage Cloud to better address evolving data sovereignty concerns and privacy requirements, such as Brexit and GDPR. / Legal It Insider
• [New] Google is tightening its privacy practices that could make it harder for companies to track users on Android phones and tablets. / CNBC
• [New] Gartner's research into cybersecurity risks, trends and developments enables organizations worldwide to manage risk, prevent data breaches and strengthen their security profile. / WhatIs.com
• [New] There is a concern that the Privacy Sandbox will increase Google's market dominance because it will give Google access to more data than what is made available to other industry players (e.g. publishers, advertisers, other web browsers and ad tech vendors). / Talking Tech Clifford Chance
• [New] The implementation of the Privacy Sandbox will not equal a decrease in revenue for publishers, and it will still be possible for advertisers to use targeted advertising. / Talking Tech Clifford Chance
• [New] Third-party cookies will be replaced with a new set of tools for targeted advertising, referred to as the 'Privacy Sandbox', that Google says is intended to provide greater protection of consumers' privacy. / Talking Tech Clifford Chance
• [New] The ongoing plurilateral discussions at the WTO on electronic commerce provide an invaluable opportunity to progress towards the adoption of common standards that enable the exchange of data while protecting the privacy of citizens. / PLACE
• [New] By 2025, the European cloud industry is to take a leading role worldwide and become a showcase for competitiveness in the areas of climate neutrality, cybersecurity and data transfer trustworthiness in order to ensure the setting of global standards, the roadmap states. / www.euractiv.com
• A hacking group believed to have links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a vast transportation network that carries millions of people every day. / The New York Times
• THE FUTURE OF ELECTRIC POWER IN THE UNITED STATES level of security risk facing the power system will require new model and data-driven analysis techniques that make use of more information than the status of utility cybersecurity practices alone. / The National Academies Press
• THE FUTURE OF ELECTRIC POWER IN THE UNITED STATES EVOLUTION OF THE GRID AND CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND CHALLENGES Grid Control Systems To improve efficiency and reliability, the electric grid has incorporated automated industrial control systems. / The National Academies Press
• The demonstrated online vulnerabilities of US pipelines led the federal government last week to impose cybersecurity requirements on petroleum pipelines for the first time. / Digital Journal
• Ownership - Patients will have more power over their data - changing data privacy environment with laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act in the U.S. and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU that mandate new consumer data rights over ownership and control. / Blog
• The ability to protect privacy - requiring an explicit opt in permission for data or Amazon network sharing - means that information protection principles known as Privacy by Design, should and will be expected by users, even where it is not mandated by law. / Aging In Place Technology Watch

Last updated: 13 June 2021