Data and cybersecurity compliance is a National Security conversation. While the implementation of data security legislation such as GDPR is important for the protection of PII, alignment with international standards and partner nations is an important consideration for National Security.…
Have recent geopolitical events created the need and foundations for global data privacy agreements and common standards for handling and securing data? ‘Russias invasion of Ukraine is putting more pressure on governments to work toward a global data-privacy agreement as…
The EU and US have reached ‘in principle’ an agreement on Transatlantic data privacy. The statement recognises the importance of data as a mechanism for international trade, enabling the $7 Trillion economic relationship between the US and EU, more than…
A great article to understand Chinas approach to cyber security, data, and the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the ‘leader of everything’. Who has the stated aim of leading economic development, and data has become key to…
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Imagine that you have been ransomwared, all your business data is locked down and you don’t have the keys. You may have the option to pay the hackers who have kindly locked…
Data security is a complex and critically important issue for national security and economic prosperity. The UKs economy is service orientated, quite simply we cut much less metal than we used to. We are heavily reliant on the 1s and…
Has Intel had what could be argued as sensitive data breach? With 20GB of data leaked relating to an architecture being launched this year (September) called Tiger Lake. The data was handed to a Swiss national and whilst there may…
Capital One has been fined $80Mn by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC), following its 2019 data-breach. () The notice details a number of failings which go back to 2015 and include. 1. The bank failed to put…
The US has identified and charged the Chinese hackers it believes has been targeting US companies looking for COVID 19 research data. In addition to their activities targeting a UK AI company, Spanish Defence contactor and Australian Solar Energy firm.…
Hacking is a complex business. Even more so when public services like law and order are hacked, then data is published online. Maine’s Information and Analysis Center, an agency run by the state police and the Maine Emergency Management. One…
