Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. As a result, data has become a critical asset for companies and governments alike, as well as the primary target for nefarious actors and nation states. Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:08. Privacy Shield was unlawful.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2024

Many articles and blogs portray the adequacy decision as finally allowing free personal data flow between the EU and US companies, without the implementation of additional data protection safeguards. This, and the fact that the challenges posed by the previously invalidated Privacy Shield remain, presage an unstable future for the DPF.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 11, 2024

Cloud frameworks provided by major cloud service providers such as Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure are not mandatory requirements imposed by external governing bodies or regulatory authorities. It encompasses encryption, data integrity, and secure storage practices. Are Cloud Architecture Frameworks Mandated?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use. Industry standards-setting bodies and government regulators recognize what’s at stake.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This is the second blog in our series on the evolving international transfers landscape following the Court of Justice of the European Union [ CJEU ] decision in July 2020 which ruled the Privacy Shield data transfer mechanism invalid. Some countries, by virtue of known surveillance laws, will be deemed non-compliant.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. Organizations can accomplish this task by using a sophisticated security platform to encrypt data handled by IoT devices. IoT Protection is Key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention. Employing asymmetric cryptography, PKIs manage the key pairs used for signing and encrypting data.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Access encrypted chats from third-party apps. Pegasus is the creation of the NSO Group , an Israeli firm that licenses it to governments to perform surveillance. The spyware allows governments to crack citizen’s mobile devices, track them, and observe their communications. Access emails. Record phone calls.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

This evidence serves multiple purposes, including: Verification of Controls : Auditors rely on evidence to verify the existence and effectiveness of cybersecurity controls, from access management to encryption mechanisms. The audit includes reviewing risk analysis, data access controls, encryption procedures, and physical security controls.

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McAfee

JANUARY 28, 2021

A couple of days ago, I have been asked whether, notably thanks to the GDPR [1] and the CCPA [2] , we were seeing as professionals, a standardization in negotiations governing privacy terms. Can’t I just use encryption or anonymization as Supplementary Measures enough to protect data? appeared first on McAfee Blogs.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive data from multiple governments and private companies. That changed on Jan.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I highly recommend reading Zuboff’s New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power as well as viewing Rifkin’s riveting speech, The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy. LW: Is this primarily aimed at enterprises, SMBs or individuals?

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Privacy Standards Audit (Not required for Business Associates) This audit focuses on assessing compliance with HIPAA Privacy Standards, which govern the use and disclosure of PHI. Surveillance systems. Evaluating administrative safeguards, like workforce training and policies. Emergency response plans. Visitor logs and badges.

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McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

to believe that European governments have failed to properly equip their national regulators to enforce the GDPR. using inadequately secured private or mobile devices (lack of antivirus software, out-of-date operating system software, no encryption solutions, etc.) The post The GDPR, Year II appeared first on McAfee Blogs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This system enforces security, compliance, and governance policies within our cloud applications. I was obsessed with encryption. I was fascinated by the fact that nothing in the world could reverse an operation of encryption without the needed key to decrypt the item. IT lacks formal licensing by the government.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. This abuse must be stopped. ” reads the lawsuit.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. Government Needs You. Government needs technologists at all levels.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

The core idea is pretty simple,” says Ambuj Kumar, CEO of Fortanix , a supplier of advanced encryption systems. Chloé Messdaghi, vice president at Point3 Security , a supplier of workforce training systems, notes that third party developers can include local government agencies, as well as for-profit software developers.

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McAfee

MAY 20, 2021

This subject has become increasingly important following the Schrems II decision and its requirement that organizations when processing personal data must ensure their privacy is not put at risk and subject to governmental surveillance when shared across borders. Disclaimer: This blog reflects the authors’ personal opinions.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2022

If still used by websites, expired certificates are also a grave security concern as they put both encryption and mutual authentication at risk. Now the Russian government has taken the next step by introducing a Russian-based Certificate Authority for the internet. Are you facing a machine identity crisis? UTM Medium. UTM Source.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

This resulted in the deployment of a custom backdoor, named Sunburst, on the networks of more than 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including many large corporations and government bodies, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In November and December 2020, two public blog posts were published about this campaign.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 29, 2019

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 18, 2019

Australia, and elsewhere -- argue that the pervasive use of civilian encryption is hampering their ability to solve crimes and that they need the tech companies to make their systems susceptible to government eavesdropping. It doesn't affect the encryption that protects the communications. Sometimes it's about end-user devices.

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