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DOE invests $50 million to improve critical energy infrastructure security
Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing awards of up to $50 million to DOE’s National Laboratories to support early stage research and development of …
Most infosec pros believe election hacks are acts of cyber war
IT security professionals believe the effects of cyber attacks on elections go beyond diminishing confidence in the democratic process, according to a Venafi survey of 296 IT …
Do IT modernization efforts increase security challenges?
Most government IT executives believe that IT modernization projects increase security challenges as opposed to alleviate them, according to a new study from Unisys. A large …
European court says workplace surveillance must not violate workers’ privacy
European companies must strike a fair balance between workplace surveillance and their employees’ right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. …
Lenovo settles FTC charges it harmed consumers with preinstalled software
Lenovo has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and 32 State Attorneys General that the company harmed consumers by pre-loading software on some laptops …
Judge limits DOJ’s search of anti-Trump website data
After the US Department of Justice demanded from DreamHost data that could identify visitors of anti-Trump website Disruptj20.org and the web host refused to comply with such …
Security issues of the top and bottom government organizations
SecurityScorecard released its annual U.S. State and Federal Government Cybersecurity Report, which paints a grim picture of the overall cyber health of the nation’s …
US Cyber Command gets unified military command status
Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States Cyber Command, which is currently a division of the NSA, will be elevated to the status of a Unified …
Disturbing lack of cyber attack awareness among directors
Britain’s top firms and charities urgently need to do more to protect themselves from online threats, according to new government research and a ‘cyber health check’. One in …
DOJ wants to know who visited anti-Trump website
The US Department of Justice wants DreamHost to hand over IP addresses of some 1.3 million visitors to disruptj20.org, a website that helped organize political protests during …
Uber to get privacy audit every two years
Uber has agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program and obtain regular, independent audits to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers by …
UK essential service operators with poor cyber security face massive fines
Organisations who fail to implement effective cyber security measures could be fined as much as £17 million or 4 per cent of global turnover, as part of plans to make …
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