Seattle's City Council voted to cut nearly $4 million from the police department's budget, instead directing $17 million in community investments. Shortly after the council's vote, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced her retirement, CNN reports.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE).
Google has admitted that its Home speakers recorded users at all times, even when they hadn't said "wake words" such as "OK Google," due to a security error earlier this year.
Six out of ten businesses target geographic diversification of supply chains to build resilience.
August 11, 2020
According to the Supply Chain Resilience Report 2020 from 3D Hubs, cybersecurity issues have affected less than 10% of firms over the past 10 years, compared to 60% that have suffered directly as a result of COVID-19 disruption.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed an act which authorizes up to $1.8 billion in capital funding for key investments in public safety, food security, and information technology.
A new study reveals that 93 percent of security professionals lack the tools to detect known security threats, and 92 percent state they are still in need of the appropriate preventative solutions to close current security gaps.
Senators Jeff Merkley (OR) and Bernie Sanders (VT) introduced the National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020 that would prohibit private companies from collecting biometric data — including eye scans, voiceprints, faceprints and fingerprints—without individuals’ written consent, and from profiting off of biometric data.
The vpnMentor cybersecurity research team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, have uncovered an unsecured AWS S3 bucket with over 5.5 million files and more than 343GB in size that remains unclaimed.
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