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Having more control over your data doesn't mean it's safe
"Working out those details is important, because many companies that collect personal data continue making "fundamental mistakes" in how they pro…
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Foreign spying comes under new scrutiny from lawmakers
"“The federal government is the largest consumer of commercial wireless services and is susceptible to the same cybersecurity risks in our communications i…
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White House says its federal agencies can’t keep track of their own data
"University of Maryland, Baltimore County's cybersecurity graduate program director Richard Forno echoed Williams' analysis and said even a simple…
Cybersecurity for the States: Lessons from Across America
Authors Natasha Cohen Cybersecurity Policy Fellow Brian Nussbaum Cybersecurity Policy Fellow Executive Summary This study examines states’ efforts to advanc…
The FBI blunder on phone encryption, explained
The FBI has been arguing for years that the approach of Apple and other companies that strongly encrypt phones is a big problem for law enforcement, which canno…
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Ransomware attacks such as at South Bend's Allied Physicians are becoming common
"“It would be hard to prove that records haven’t been made,” said Scott Shackelford, a cybersecurity expert and associate professor of business law and eth…
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SEC sounds cyber 'wake-up call' to public companies
"Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, said the enforcement action could "light a fire&…
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Gray Hat
"Even Hutchins’s defenders say if he’s guilty some punishment is in order, but his prosecution also sends a mixed message. Hutchins had been a model of pub…
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We’re Still Not Really Sure What The Russians Did To Hack Us. That’s A Huge Problem.
"The level of computer security is such that it would be “kind of shocking” if at least some government data weren’t accessible to hackers, said Brian Nuss…
What cybersecurity investigators can learn from airplane crashes
While some countries struggle with safety, U.S. airplane travel has lately had a remarkable safety record. In fact, from 2014 through 2017, there were no fatal…
Microsoft, Ireland, and the Rest of the World
United States v. Microsoft will be practically significant for its effect on law enforcement’s ability to access data stored abroad, and it has the potential to…
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IU Study Recommends Creating National Cybersecurity Safety Board
"Business law professor and author of the study Scott Shackelford says it would be similar to the National Transportation Safety Board investigation model.…