Chamber of Commerce Urges Congress to Implement Federal Privacy Standard to Block State Privacy...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday released its Privacy Principles, in which it urged Congress to adopt a “federal privacy framework that preempts...
House Passes Bill to Allow DHS Block Risky Foreign Contractors
The House on Tuesday passed a bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement security requirements for information relating to supply chain...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘Concerned’ Social Media Companies Stifling Free Speech
The Justice Department will meet with state attorneys general to discuss concerns that social media platforms were “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas,”...
North Korean Charged by Justice Dept. in WannaCry, Sony Cyberattacks
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday that it is charging a North Korean programmer for his involvement in a conspiracy to conduct...
Homeland Security Awards Major Contract to ManTech for Key Cybersecurity Program
ManTech on Wednesday announced a $668 million GSA FEDSIM award to support the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Dynamic and...
U.S., U.K and Three Other Nations Urge Tech Companies to Build Backdoors Into Encrypted...
The Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have released a joint memo in which they urged tech...
NIST Launches Project to Develop Privacy Framework for Risk Management
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Tuesday announced that it has launched what it called a “collaborative project to develop a...
Hidden Costs in Data Breaches Hard To Quantify – IBM
Hidden costs in data breaches – such as lost business, negative impact on reputation and employee time spent on recovery – are difficult and...
Justice Department Announces Indictment of 12 Russian Spies Suspected in DNC Hacking
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday announced that a grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging twelve Russian...
Microsoft Advocates for Regulation of Facial Recognition Tech
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Friday called for greater government oversight and corporate responsibility regarding the growing application of facial recognition technology. According to...