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Hidden Anti-Cryptography Provisions in Internet Anti-Trust Bills

Schneier on Security

Both bills have provisions that could be used to break end-to-end encryption. 3(c)(7)(A)(iii) would allow a company to deny access to apps installed by users, where those app makers “have been identified [by the Federal Government] as national security, intelligence, or law enforcement risks.” ” Sec.

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9 Considerations For Hong Kong Banks To Address The STDB Guidelines

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

To address the escalating cyber risks, the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) developed and published guidelines for Secure Tertiary Data Backup (STDB). CipherTrust Transparent Encryption delivers data-at-rest encryption, privileged user access controls and detailed data access audit logging. Controlled. Verifiable.

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Mysterious Prestige ransomware targets organizations in Ukraine and Poland

Security Affairs

Get TTPs and protection info: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 14, 2022. Once deployed, the Prestige ransomware drops a ransom note named “README.txt” in the root directory of each drive it encrypts. ” concludes the report.

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Google Security Center vs Spinbackup with Cost Analysis

Spinone

Google describes Security Center as a security analytics and best practice recommendations utility that enables G Suite administrators to operate G Suite environments much more intelligently and with greater visibility. This helps administrators to take a more proactive approach to security intelligence.

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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

Webroot

Believed to have been started by the Maze ransomware group , the data extortion trend involves not just encrypting business’ data and holding it for ransom, but in fact threatening to expose the compromised data if the victims refuses to pay. One of the newer trends we saw in ransomware was that of data extortion.

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Is G Suite HIPAA Compliant? An Admin Guide For Configuring G Suite for HIPAA Compliance 

Spinone

When thinking about making Gmail email compliant with HIPAA, organizations need to use end-to-end encryption for email communications. This ensures that information contained in emails is secured as it is transmitted across the Internet. Google does offer S/MIME email encryption.

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API-based CASB Spinbackup Announces 2017 Results

Spinone

Google Team Drives Backup Spinbackup was the world’s first vendor to introduce backup and recovery features for Google Team Drives. Spinbackup serves more than 2 000 customers worldwide across a wide range of industries due to its consistent focus on customer success and the simplicity and power of cloud security solutions.

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