August 3, 2020
Via: Tech CrunchFacebook has branded a legal order to globally block a number of Brazilian accounts linked to the spread of political disinformation targeting the country’s 2018 election as “extreme”, claiming it poses a threat to freedom of expression outside the country. […]
Operations Security, Policy, Security, State & Local
July 28, 2020
Via: StateScoopThe Colorado secretary of state’s office said Tuesday it is partnering with the security firm Synack to conduct penetration tests of its election systems ahead of the presidential vote. In an interview with StateScoop, Trevor Timmons, the chief information officer […]
July 15, 2020
Via: CSO OnlineFour years have passed since the 2016 presidential election when revelations of Russian hacking of the DNC threw political contests into turmoil. In the aftermath, the Mueller investigation, Justice Department indictments and other efforts made clear that the US election […]
Mobile Security, Operations Security, Security
June 24, 2020
Via: ArsTechnicaIndiana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Fifth Amendment allows a woman accused of stalking to refuse to unlock her iPhone. The court held that the Fifth Amendment’s rule against self-incrimination protected Katelin Seo from giving the police access to […]
Networking Security, Operations Security, Security
June 12, 2020
Via: Threat PostMicrosoft is joining Amazon and IBM when it comes to halting the sale of facial recognition technology to police departments. In a statement released Thursday by Microsoft President Brad Smith, he said the ban would stick until federal laws regulating […]
Networking Security, Operations Security, Security
June 11, 2020
Via: ZDnetCongress wants to know which foreign governments are using commercially-available surveillance tools — commonly referred to as spyware. The US government’s new position was included in a draft of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the bill that […]
June 1, 2020
Via: FCWThe Department of Homeland Security has successfully planned and made progress executing its shift to agile software development over the past four years, but needs to do a better job on reporting metrics, according to a recent audit. In a […]
Networking Security, Operations Security, Security
May 29, 2020
Via: FCWIt is rare that a government report offers a realistic, near-term solution to a pressing, long-standing, black swan problem. It is rarer still that such a report recommends relying on the market rather than advocating a solution that costs billions […]
Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Operations Security, Security
April 28, 2020
Via: ZDnetMicrosoft and Google have announced updates to their respective virtual-machine (VM) instances for highly confidential information to be processed in Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine. Microsoft has moved its Azure DCsv2-Series VMs to general availability. The VMs feature hardware-based […]
April 20, 2020
Via: FCWThe coronavirus outbreak has shuttered federal office buildings and sent employees to work from home. While most expect those facilities to eventually reopen, the shift to telework is changing how agencies and contractors conduct identity and access management. The decades-long […]
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