A pivotal point: International privacy
The U.S. and the EU have spent years building privacy agreements. Could it all be coming apart? Danny Bradbury investigates.
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When ransomware strikes, should a company pay up?
That is the question organizations must quickly decide when they are hit with a ransomware attack, reports Doug Olenick. The 2 a.m. phone call dreaded by every chief technology officer, school district IT manager or small government official: “It seems our entire network is inaccessible and someone calling himself TheDarkOverlord is demanding 28 of something…
Watching the detectors: Government demands
Government operators can put private organizations in a bind, reports Alan Earls.
Data Privacy Day
To help in celebrating Data Privacy Day, we’ve gathered a number of news stories and other tidbits emphasizing privacy.
No clear policy: IoT and privacy
The Senate sponsors of the DIGIT Act may have the right idea when it comes to IoT, but advocacy groups warn many thorny security and privacy issues lurk. Steve Zurier reports.
Hand in hand: Privacy and transparency
If privacy and transparency were a couple, they’d likely change their Facebook relationship status to “it’s complicated” and then publicly play out what can only be described as a rollercoaster of harmony and discord as they ride through life together. The cybersecurity equivalent of Dr. Phil might occasionally call them co-dependent and dysfunctional because their…
Who is listening?: Hijacking devices
Your mobile device may be doing more behind the scenes than you think, warns Danny Bradbury.
The new IQ test: Technologists assess the potential of artificial intelligence
Having a machine that can consistently and correctly make decisions on behalf of an operator is imperative for the next generation of defenses.
The dark side of AI
Could we one day see the benevolent AIs of the world matching wits with malicious machines? Here’s what experts had to say…
Always connected comes with risks
As Hillary Clinton learned all too well, you can’t be too careful protecting sensitive material, and co-mingling work and personal email on various devices is never a good idea. WikiLeaks and the outcome of the 2016 presidential election notwithstanding, it behooves all organizations to better examine just how vulnerable their networks are when non-company-issued mobile…
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