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Another Event-Related Spyware App

Schneier on Security

This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app : The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event. But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages. Last month, we were warned not to install Qatar’s World Cup app because it was spyware.

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AI Risks

Schneier on Security

Reading the headlines, one would hope that the rapid gains in AI technology have also brought forth a unifying realization of the risks—and the steps we need to take to mitigate them. Some are concerned about far-future risks that sound like science fiction. AI could destroy humanity or pose a risk on par with nukes.

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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

Integrated risk management (IRM) is a discipline designed to embed risk considerations for the use of technology throughout an organization. In other words, it links technology spending directly to the value of the resource protected and the associated risks controlled by that technology.

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Best Practices for Hospitals To Manage Risks To CyberSecurity Created By Medical Technology And Information Systems: A Webinar With The CIA’s Former CyberSecurity Director And The Top CyberSecurity Columnist

Joseph Steinberg

Join Bonnie Stith, former Director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence , and and Joseph Steinberg, renowned cybersecurity expert witness and columnist , for a special, free educational webinar, Best Practices for Asset Risk Management in Hospitals. The discussion will cover: * How IT asset risks have evolved.

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Should There Be Limits on Persuasive Technologies?

Schneier on Security

But as with many things, technology is fundamentally changing the nature of persuasion. Democratic societies, in particular, are in dire need of a frank conversation about the role persuasion plays in them and how technologies are enabling powerful interests to target audiences. All of this is not intended to be alarmist.

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USENIX Security ’23 ‘The Digital-Safety Risks Of Financial Technologies For Survivors Of Intimate Partner Violence’

Security Boulevard

Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 ‘The Digital-Safety Risks Of Financial Technologies For Survivors Of Intimate Partner Violence’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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First Election Security Research Forum Aims to Bolster Voting Technology

SecureWorld News

Recognizing this, the Information Technology - Information Sharing Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) recently hosted a groundbreaking event, the Election Security Research Forum, September 18-20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The heart of the forum lies in its unique approach.