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EU Mandates Cybersecurity For Phones And Wireless Devices Industries must either take security, privacy, and safety seriously or find themselves burdened under the crushing blanket of regulatory oversight. A recent announcement by the European Commission that the Radio Equipment Directive will be updated to include cybersecurity guidelines for radio and wireless equipment, including mobile phones and IoT devices. Reference Article:…
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Video Replay - Closing the Cyber Skills Gap Panel Discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVG_y--9Ssw The 2021 Front Lines cybersecurity conference brought together a panel to discuss the challenges faced by the industry with growing security threats and far too cybersecurity professionals to combat them. The “Closing the Cyber Skills Gap” panel featured Davina Pruitt, Naomi Buckwalter, and was moderated by Matthew Rosenquist on Oct 21st 2021. One of the most pressing…
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Video Interview: Winning Hearts and Minds for Security with Naomi Buckwalter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eDea9EKYMg One of the greatest challenges for a cybersecurity leader is to convey the present digital risks upward to the c-suite and Board of Directors. Representing to executive leadership the value of security, which protects the organization’s assets, reputation, capabilities, and people, is vital to gain necessary support or quell resistance for cybersecurity…
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Miami To Distribute Digital Wallets And Pay MiamiCoin Dividends In Bitcoin Miami is moving to distribute digital wallets to citizens and paying those who staked the city’s MiamiCoin cryptocurrency with dividends in Bitcoin! Miami has openly stated it will become a leader in embracing digital currency for the benefit of its citizens and is definitely leaping forward with cryptocurrency innovation. But this and future smart city plans will bring tremendous risks from thieves,…
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New Ransomware Bill Only Benefits Traditional Financial Institutions Recently introduced Ransomware and Financial Stability Act (H.R.5936) is the right direction for undermining ransomware attacks, by disallowing payments, but it just does not go far enough. This proposal only benefits traditional financial institutions. Ransomware potentially impacts every business, person, government service, and even the cryptocurrency world! We need to ban all ransomware payments to…
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New Ransomware Bill Shows Promise But is Undermined by a Limited Scope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUPkXyI8o7I A new bill has been proposed to address Ransomware. Congressman Patrick McHenry recently introduced the Ransomware and Financial Stability Act of 2021. https://republicans-financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/mchenr_025_xml_signed.pdf Good Direction, but Falls Short I believe it is the right direction for undermining ransomware attacks, by disallowing…
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They Said a CISO Does What? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGX4ZdLIeCE The cybersecurity industry had challenges with bringing in new blood and facilitating the career growth. Misinformation has unfortunately played a part in making various roles appear unattainable, when we should be doing the opposite. We should be embracing flexibility, identifying opportunities, and most of all discussing realistic expectations and roles. Who writes this stuff? I stumbled upon an…
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The Problem of Banning Offensive Technology Sales I like the concept of ‘banning’ the sale of offensive cyber weapons to potential adversaries, but what defines technology as offensive versus defensive? Israel just announced it will ban the sales of hacking and surveillance tools to 65 countries: https://amp.thehackernews.com/thn/2021/11/israel-bans-sales-of-hacking-and.html Tech is just a tool. It is how you use it, that will determine if it is offensive or defensive. Is a…