LW ROUNDTABLE: Will the U.S. Senate keep citizens safe, vote to force China to divest TikTok?

LW ROUNDTABLE: Will the U.S. Senate keep citizens safe, vote to force China to divest TikTok?

Congressional bi-partisanship these day seems nigh impossible. Related: Rising tensions spell need for tighter cybersecurity Yet by a resounding vote of 352-65, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that ...
Author Q&A: A patient’s perspective of advanced medical technology and rising privacy risks

Author Q&A: A patient’s perspective of advanced medical technology and rising privacy risks

A close friend of mine, Jay Morrow, has just authored a book titled “Hospital Survival.” Related: Ransomware plagues healthcare Jay’s book is very personal. He recounts a health crisis he endured that ...
GUEST ESSAY: Essential cyber hygiene practices all charities must embrace to protect their donors

GUEST ESSAY: Essential cyber hygiene practices all charities must embrace to protect their donors

Charities and nonprofits are particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, primarily because they maintain personal and financial data, which are highly valuable to criminals. Related: Hackers target UK charities Here are six tips ...
SHARED INTEL: Poll shows companies pursuing ‘Digital Trust’ reap benefits as laggards fall behind

SHARED INTEL: Poll shows companies pursuing ‘Digital Trust’ reap benefits as laggards fall behind

Achieving “digital trust” is not going terribly well globally. Related: How decentralized IoT boosts decarbonization Yet, more so than ever, infusing trustworthiness into modern-day digital services has become mission critical for most ...
GUEST ESSAY: Everything you should know about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of AI chatbots

GUEST ESSAY: Everything you should know about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of AI chatbots

AI chatbots are computer programs that talk like humans, gaining popularity for quick responses. They boost customer service, efficiency and user experience by offering constant help, handling routine tasks, and providing prompt ...
News alert: Kiteworks named as a founding member of  NIST’s new AI safety consortium – ‘AISIC’

News alert: Kiteworks named as a founding member of NIST’s new AI safety consortium – ‘AISIC’

San Mateo, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023 – The U.S. White House announced groundbreaking collaboration between OpenPolicy and leading innovation companies, including Kiteworks, which delivers data privacy and compliance for sensitive content communications ...
Author Q&A: The ongoing role of fortified structures in military clashes — and cybersecurity

Author Q&A: The ongoing role of fortified structures in military clashes — and cybersecurity

There’s no denying that castle walls play a prominent role in the histories of both military defense, going back thousands of years, and — as of the start of the current millennia ...
DEEP TECH NEWS: Respecting individual rights by using ‘privacy preserving aggregate statistics’

DEEP TECH NEWS: Respecting individual rights by using ‘privacy preserving aggregate statistics’

To sell us more goods and services, the algorithms of Google, Facebook and Amazon exhaustively parse our digital footprints. Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies ...
TITAN RAIN: How Chinese Cybercriminals Infiltrated The United States Cyberspace

MY TAKE: Rising geopolitical tensions suggest a dire need for tighter cybersecurity in 2024

Russia’s asymmetrical cyber-attacks have been a well-documented, rising global concern for most of the 2000s. Related: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 I recently visited with Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at NTT to ...
Solving & Innovating at DigiCert Trust Summit 2023

MY TAKE: New tech standards, like ‘Matter’ and ‘BIMI,’ point the way to secure interoperability

The IQ of our smart homes is about to level-up. Hundreds of different types of smart devices designed to automate tasks and route control to our smart phones and wearable devices have ...