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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

I fly a lot—a quarter of a million miles per year—and being put on a TSA list, or being detained at the US border and having my electronics confiscated, would be a major problem. So would the FBI breaking into my home and seizing my personal electronics. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. The practices of government contractors typically get adapted universally, over time.

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HHS Announces Settlements with Health Care System and Medical Research Institute over Potential HIPAA Violations

Hunton Privacy

In 2012, Accretive entered into a $2.5 failed to encrypt ePHI or implement an equivalent mechanism. The resolution agreement requires North Memorial to pay $1.55 notify HHS of any employee-related violations of its policies and procedures related to business associate relationships.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud. Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. Alibaba Cloud.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

19 No longer are the proportionality considerations described as separate “limitations” on an inquiry governed solely by relevance.20 36 Computers are tangible things, after all, and many litigants over the years have sought to test, sample, or obtain copies of an opposing party’s computer or entire computer system.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

When we do the weekly supermarket shop online, we should be able to move our shopping list electronically. Perhaps the Government could respond on that point. When a consumer wants to move to a new energy supplier, they should be able to take their usage history with them rather than guess and pay over the odds.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

ForAllSecure

Gosh, there must be 20 or more villages at DEFCON if you want to learn radio if you want to learn tampering with seals if you want to learn encryption, if you want to learn you name it. And people gladly take your computer and run it and you have to question that but there's they're so eager to learn it and to do it.