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The Political Weaponization of Cybersecurity
Mark Rasch | | AI data analysis, Charles Borges, cloud migration, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity Best Practices, cybersecurity ethics, cybersecurity governance, cybersecurity policy, cybersecurity politics, cybersecurity standards, Data Privacy, data protection, DHS, digital governance, FEMA, government cybersecurity, government transparency, Information Security, IT Security, NIST Standards, political influence, public trust, regulatory policy, risk management, SSA
Cybersecurity should be guided by technical principles—not politics. Yet recent incidents in the U.S. highlight how cybersecurity decisions and dismissals are increasingly being used to advance partisan agendas. From cloud data migrations ...
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ICE’s Shiny New ‘AI’ Facial Recognition App: False Positives Ahoy!
Richi Jennings | | AI, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), artificial intelligentce, artificial intellignece, biometric, biometric data, Biometric Data Abuse, biometric identification, biometric identity, biometric technology, CBP, Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI), Department of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, digital biometrics, Digital Surveillance, facial recognition, facial recognition technology, false positive, false positives, generative artificial intelligence, government surveillance, homeland security, ICE, IDENT, Identity Surveillance, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, lawful surveillance, Mobile Fortify, Mobile Surveillance, Passive biometrics, police surveillance, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, US Homeland Security, USDHS
Mobile Fortify: Liberty’s existential threat, or sensible way to ID illegal immigrants? ...
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Heightened Cyber Threat from Iran Sparks Urgent Calls for Vigilance and Mitigation
Following last week’s U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear sites, cybersecurity experts and government officials are now warning of a possible digital retaliation, a surge in cyber threats originating from Iran. On June ...
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DHS Cancels $2.4 Billion Leidos Contract, Cites Changes at CISA
DHS cancelled a $2.4 billion contract to Leidos that was awarded last year for ACTS, a project aimed at supporting CISA. Rival Nightwing protested the award, but DHS said the contract was ...
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As US CVE Database Fumbles, EU ‘Replacement’ Goes Live
Richi Jennings | | CERT-EU, cisa, CISA Research, common vulnerabilities and exposures, CVE, CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), CVE database, CVE Program, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, cybersecurity funding, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, ENISA, eu, EU Agency for Cybersecurity, European Union, European Union (EU), EUVD, Funding & Grants, Juhan Lepassaar, MITRE, MITRE Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIS2, NIS2 Directive, NIST, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, vulnerability database
Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt! European Union Vulnerability Database (EUVD) launches this week. And not a moment too soon ...
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Homeland Secretary Noem Vows to Put CISA ‘Back to Focusing on its Core Mission’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed to refocus CISA, especially in defense of critical systems threats from China ...
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CVE Program Almost Unfunded
Mitre’s CVE’s program—which provides common naming and other informational resources about cybersecurity vulnerabilities—was about to be cancelled, as the US Department of Homeland Security failed to renew the contact. It was funded ...
MITRE Crisis: CVE Cash Ends TODAY — CISA says ‘No Lapse’
Richi Jennings | | cisa, CISA Research, common vulnerabilities and exposures, CVE, CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), CVE database, CVE Program, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, cybersecurity funding, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Funding & Grants, MITRE, MITRE Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
These are “interesting” times: U.S. government funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program expires April 16 ...
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Robot Dog Internet Jammer
Bruce Schneier | | Denial of Service, DHS, Internet of things, law enforcement, robotics, Uncategorized
Supposedly the DHS has these: The robot, called “NEO,” is a modified version of the “Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle” (Q-UGV) sold to law enforcement by a company called Ghost Robotics. Benjamine Huffman, ...
Survey: Election Workers Feel Unprepared for Upcoming Cyberthreats
The issues of outside interference in U.S. elections and the security of the systems behind them have been talked and debate for at least a decade and promise to be at the ...
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