Tag: security

Develop a serious cybersecurity strategic plan that incorporates CCM

Robert R. Ackerman Jr. Contributor Robert R. Ackerman Jr. is the founder and managing director of AllegisCyber, a venture capital firm specializing in cybersecurity, and the co-founder and executive at DataTribe, a cybersecurity startup foundry which focuses on launching startups based on cyber domain expertise from the intelligence community and…

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Justice Dept. charge China-backed hackers over Equifax breach

U.S. prosecutors have charged four hackers said to be working for the Chinese military for the  2018 cyberattack at Equifax, which led to the theft of more than 147 million credit reports in a massive data breach. Attorney general William Barr accused the four members of the Chinese People’s Liberation…

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California’s new privacy law is off to a rocky start

California’s new privacy law was years in the making. The law, California’s Consumer Privacy Act — or CCPA — became law on January 1, allowing state residents to reclaim their right to access and control their personal data. Inspired by Europe’s GDPR, the CCPA is the largest statewide privacy law…

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Facebook’s Twitter account compromised, hacker group claims credit

There’s this brilliant feeling on Fridays if you’re a reporter when you think that all the things you have to write about are complete. You kickstart some work for Monday. Maybe you tighten up a to-do list. Hell, you might even read some email. But then on Fridays like today,…

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Recommendations for fintech startups navigating the procurement process

Marc Gilman Contributor Marc Gilman is general counsel and VP of compliance at Theta Lake. He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law. The expanding scope of fintech has been well documented in these digital pages. Payments, investing, financial planning and lending often spring to mind…

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ACLU says it’ll fight DHS efforts to use app locations for deportations

The American Civil Liberties Union plans to fight newly revealed practices by the Department of Homeland Security which used commercially available cell phone location data to track suspected illegal immigrants. “DHS should not be accessing our location information without a warrant, regardless whether they obtain it by paying or for…

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