Key Takeaways From NIST’s New Guidance on Adversarial AI Threats
There’s a concept in artificial intelligence (AI) called “alignment,” which ensures that an AI system always follows human intentions and val...
Author: Danny Bradbury
Californian Regulator Tweaks and Clarifies Privacy Rules
December was a milestone month for California’s data privacy watchdog as it moved a set of proposed regulatory revisions into the public comm...
2023: A Busy Year for U.S. Privacy Law
Thanks to a divided House, the U.S. Congress might be in the middle of a dysfunctional malaise, but that didn’t stop representatives from int...
California’s Delete Act Focuses the Lens on Data Brokers
From 2026, life will get much harder for data brokers doing business in California. From August 1 of that year, they must comply with a new law for...
Security Horrors: The NSA and CISA’s List of Top Ten Security Slip-Ups
An insecure network is a cybersecurity defender’s worst nightmare and an attacker’s dream. A single misconfiguration can leave a gaping...
The Ongoing Struggle for Security by Design
When it comes to safety problems with new, complex products, society’s response is typically consistent: first, blame the user. Only later on...
Montana Nudges the Needle on Genetic Security
U.S. states are increasingly giving consumers more privacy rights over their digital information, but what about their biological data? Your email ...
CISA’s Updated Zero-Trust Model
Zero trust might have once been just an analyst buzzword, but it now has the official U.S. government stamp of approval. The Cybersecurity & In...
FDA Takes a Big Step Forward for Medical Device Security
Last-minute omnibus spending bills are Capitol Hill’s candy jars. These bills, which roll up 12 months of overdue lawmaking at the year’...
The SEC Plays Hardball With New Cybersecurity Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just toughened its stance on public companies over cybersecurity. On July 26, it issued its Cybersecur...
FISA Section 702 Reauthorization Debate Carries Transatlantic Implications
The second half of this year will be an important one for the U.S. Congress as it struggles to reauthorize key intelligence legislation. The legisl...
The FTC Goes After Microsoft – and Everyone Else
Writer Charles Bukowski once said he was a series of small victories and large defeats. That’s a great quote for gritty poets but not so grea...
Meta’s Regulatory Battles Sound the Alarm for Big Tech
Meta has been fighting legal battles on several fronts in the past year, with some victories and some setbacks. One of these cases could have wider...
Should Software Vendors be Held Liable for Insecurity?
A zero-day flaw in your go-to enterprise software application allowed attackers into your network and compromised sensitive data. It’s going ...
Why Health Data Privacy Needs a Shot in the Arm
The US healthcare sector has a nasty digital disorder that extends beyond the countless cases of data theft to something more pernicious. How did w...
While Online Shoppers Click, it’s Thieves Who Collect
E-commerce is booming, and so are the cyber attacks that plague retailers and customers. As digital e-commerce transactions grow, the race is on fo...
Why AI is a Risky Business – and What to Do About it
It’s 2023, and AI seems to be everywhere. ChatGPT, the AI produced by Elon Musk-founded institute OpenAI, is writing student essays, churning...
Taking Stock of TikTok’s Troubles
It’s been a rough month for TikTok. First, the social media giant was dragged over the coals in a U.S. congressional hearing over its privacy...
US Cybersecurity Strategy Ups the Ante Against Attackers
Soon after we published our preview of the US National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS), the government unveiled the final document. It contained stron...
Unpacking Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy
The cybersecurity stakes are higher than ever. Society is so deeply connected and dependent on digital technology that a severe enough attack could...
What’s Happening with the UK-US Data Privacy Agreement?
In 1858, when engineers laid the first communications cable between the UK and the US, the big challenge was squeezing the countries’ telegra...
When Emerging Technologies and Privacy Collide
Technology development is moving more quickly than ever. Each new breakthrough makes the next one easier. Just as cloud computing and GPUs opened u...
