Contact Tracing
API Security Done Right: COVID-19 Exposure Notification System Minimizes Data Exposure
Security Professionals have a reputation for being paranoid and pointing out security or privacy flaws in just about everything. When the Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing Project was first launched, many a security pro ...
AI Surveillance in a Post-Pandemic World
Artificial intelligence (AI) has made waves across industries including automotive, health care, entertainment, finance, manufacturing, and more, while still a nascent technology. Another area where it made a significant impact is law ...
Protecting Health Data Privacy in the Return to Work
As employees return to their workplaces and consumers begin scheduling appointments with dentists, doctors and salons, new protocols are in place. Temperatures will be taken. There will be questions about health, travel ...
Contact Tracing: De-mystifying How an App Designed to Track People Can Ensure User Privacy and Security
Many governments in many countries around the world recognise that contact tracing plays a very important part to reduce the spread of the deadly disease, COVID-19. In this article, we take a ...
48% of UK Public Believes Cybercriminals Will Abuse NHS COVID-19 Tracing App
With the launch of the NHS contact-tracing app just around the corner, 48% of UK citizens do not trust the UK government to keep their information safe from bad actors, according to ...
Survey: Nearly Half of Americans Refusing or Unlikely to Opt-In to COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
Increased application and software usage heighten security concerns amongst consumers The past few months have placed digital transformation into overdrive, with consumers gravitating toward distance-enabling technology and applications more than ever before ...
Scammers Leverage Contact Tracing Measures, FTC Warns
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning Tuesday regarding the way scammers could take advantage of contact tracing to steal personal information. A key strategy for preventing further spread of ...
Workplace Surveillance, Apple and Google Contact Tracing Tech, Virtual Cybersecurity Conferences
In episode 119 for May 4th 2020: The use of thermal cameras and other technology to monitor the workplace for COVID-19, more details about Apple and Google’s contact tracing framework, and are ...
Contact Tracing Controversy, Fighting COVID-19 Criminal Activity
In episode 99 of our April monthly show: Apple and Google’s controversial efforts to create contact tracing technology, fighting COVID-19 criminal activity, and what the new normal means for startup companies. ** ...
COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Your Privacy for Your Health?
We continually hear of the need for COVID-19 contact tracing. But what exactly is contact tracing? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published guidance on contact tracing during the 2006 Ebola ...
