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New IoT Security Regulations

Schneier on Security

It falls upon lawmakers to create laws that protect consumers. While the US government is largely absent in this area of consumer protection, the state of California has recently stepped in and started regulating the Internet of Things, or "IoT" devices sold in the state­and the effects will soon be felt worldwide.

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SiteLock Named To The 2016 Online Trust Alliance Honor Roll

SiteLock

Through its comprehensive study, it evaluates companies in three major categories: a company’s consumer protection, data and site security and adherence to responsible privacy practice. The Online Trust and Honor Roll Audit is the only independent online trust benchmark study. SiteLock can detect malware the minute it hits.

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SiteLock’s Top Five Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020

SiteLock

The CCPA aims to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for California residents or any other organization that does business with California. Given the focus on protecting consumer privacy, the CCPA regulations will inevitably set the bar for an increase in cybersecurity policies.

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Past, present, and future of the Dark Web

Security Affairs

Operators behind the principal black markets made a lot of money, let’s think of managers of the Wall Street Market and Valhalla recently seized by feds. Let’s also include all information by the IOT devices that are connected online by that that cannot be accessed for obvious reasons. Black Markets: 0.2%.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

and RealNetworks are by no means alone pushing facial ID systems into the commercial market. Other obvious use cases would be to provide real-time authentication to access autonomous vehicles or to control IoT devices in a smart home. We can find them out of millions of people in a database in a fraction of a second.”.