In a ground-breaking opinion issued today, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Decision as a method for transferring personal data from the EU to the US. In short, the Decision was invalidated over Privacy Shield’s failure to adequately address US government surveillance activities.
Oyster Consulting announced that Ed Wegener has joined the firm as a Managing Director with the Governance, Risk and Compliance team. Ed brings a deep knowledge of compliance, risk management and supervisory controls requirements and best practices for broker-dealers and alternative trading systems.
Black Hat announces that Matt Blaze, McDevitt Chair in Computer Science and Law at Georgetown University, and Renée DiResta, Research Manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, will keynote Black Hat USA 2020, taking place virtually August 1-6.
Twitter accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple, and other high-profile accounts, were compromised in what Twitter said it believes to be an attack on some of its employees with access to the company's internal tools, says a CNN news report.
U.S. Rep. John Katko unveiled a national cybersecurity improvement package, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director and Assistant Directors Act, Strengthening the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2020, and the CISA Public-Private Talent Exchange Act. Together, these measures enhance national cybersecurity through the creation of a public-private workforce exchange program and empower CISA through increased stability in leadership positions and appropriate funding and resources.
United Community Bank has announced the addition of Bob Brown as Chief Information Security Officer. Bob, who has more than two decades of experience managing business technologies, will now work closely with the bank’s executive team to monitor risk and implement security processes to help minimize threats.
What are some steps Security Operations Center (SOC) teams and security professionals can take to improve the performance of their Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) tools, and lower the noise?
The UK has banned Huawei from its 5G telecom network, reversing a January decision to allow the embattled Chinese tech company a limited role in building the country's super-fast wireless infrastructure.
Park Place Technologies, a global IT leader focused on optimizing data centers and IT infrastructure, announced that John Parlee has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer.
New research released by Emsi reveals that the US has less than half of the cybersecurity candidates it needs to keep up with ever-intensifying demand. The research says the answer to this challenge is a Build (Don’t Buy) strategy.
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