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LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear

Schneier on Security

Claude’s reply: Here’s a brief summary of the key themes and arguments made in security expert Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World : Central Themes: Effective security requires realistic risk assessment, not fear-driven responses. Security theater manufactures consent.

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China passes new automobile data security law

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to a media update released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) the new law called the Personal Information Protection Law(PIPL) will come into force from October 26th,2021 and will aim to standardize solutions pertaining to data security risks in automobile sector.

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Defining Good: A Strategic Approach to API Risk Reduction

Security Boulevard

How do we gauge how risky it is and how do we ensure that future APIs are not putting the enterprise at risk? This can not be done without major risk unless organizations have created and mandated corporate standards on what a "good" API actually is from a security standpoint. Defining and sharing what good means.

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Australian Defense Department will replace surveillance cameras from Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua

Security Affairs

An internal audit of surveillance equipment in Australian government and agency offices revealed the presence of more than 900 built systems manufactured by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua. The presence of cameras poses an unacceptable risk to national security. There is an issue here and we’re going to deal with it.”

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Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication.

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7 Steps to Measure ERM Performance

Centraleyes

The distinction between enterprise risk management (ERM) and traditional risk management is more than semantics. The simplest way to explain their core differences is that traditional risk management operates within confined departmental boundaries.

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On Chinese "Spy Trains"

Schneier on Security

There is definitely a national security risk in buying computer infrastructure from a country you don't trust. The risk of discovery is too great, and the payoff would be too low. China dominates the subway car manufacturing industry because of its low prices­ -- the same reason it dominates the 5G hardware industry.