First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. Other Developments The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab alleged that an Indian information technology (IT) firm has been running a hacking for hire operation possibly utilized by multinationals … Continue reading Further Reading and Other Developments (13 June)
The federal civilian government’s cybersecurity metrics keep trending in positive directions, a development the Administration claims can be attributed to its policies. First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. This week, the Office of … Continue reading OMB Submits Annual FISMA Report On Federal Cybersecurity, Noting 8% Fewer Incidents
First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. Other Developments The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released a final rule earlier this month “to restore the inadvertently deleted Detailed Requirements” to its Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act for the establishment … Continue reading Further Reading and Other Developments (30 May)
First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 and 2020 here. This week, the Trump Administration highlighted hacking by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that targets entities researching COVID-19. This announcement is the latest in a string of … Continue reading Trump Administration Claims PRC Is Targeting COVID-19 Research Organizations
A new EO will result in the systems and equipment from certain nations, most likely including China, being barred from the U.S. electric grid on account of the risk they pose to national security. Late last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) that would direct the Secretary of Energy and other … Continue reading Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revised its “Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response” to further stress that states and local governments would ultimately determine which sectors, functions, and workers would be considered critical and by adding three new sectors that the … Continue reading Revised CISA Essential Workers Guidance
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