Tag: security
5 questions every IT team should be able to answer
When the CEO comes calling, are you prepared? Christy Wyatt 18 hours Christy Wyatt Contributor Christy Wyatt is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors at Absolute, a leader in endpoint resilience solutions and the industry’s only undeletable defense platform embedded in over a half-billion devices.…
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Foreign state hackers reportedly breached the US Treasury
Foreign hackers may be running rampant in the US government. Reuters sources said a group backed by a foreign government stole data from the Treasury Department and the internet policy-focused NTIA. While details are still limited, it was reportedly… Source
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Gift Guide: 9 security and privacy gifts to keep your friends and family safe
Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now through the end of December. You can find our other guides right here. For many of us, being home a lot more right now also means…
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Massachusetts governor won’t sign police reform bill with facial recognition ban
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has returned a police reform bill back to the state legislature, asking lawmakers to strike out several provisions — including one for a statewide ban on police and public authorities using facial recognition technology, the first of its kind in the United States. The bill, which…
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On encryption and counter-terrorism, EU lawmakers say they’ll work for “lawful” data access
EU lawmakers have just unveiled a wide-ranging counter terrorism agenda as they set out plans to beef up regional security. The plan touches on some key tech topics — the most keenly watched of which is encryption. Here, concerns have been mounting that the bloc could be moving toward legislating…
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Samsung’s fingerprint-secured T7 Touch SSD drops to $160 for 1TB
While you may not be leaving home as often as you used to at the moment, security is still important for all of the devices you might carry around, including external storage. Samsung's T7 Touch SSD can keep your data secure until you unlock it via t… Source
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