California Consumer Privacy Act: Here’s Where Most Companies Will Fall Short
By Jason Patel, CTO, Ensighten Most enterprises have scarcely caught their breath following last year’s GDPR go-live date in Europe, and already the drumbeat of questions around a new piece of consumer...
View ArticleMandatory Cybersecurity Training for Government Employees in Texas
In order to protect itself from cyber-attacks, the Texas State Government has introduced new legislation making annual cybersecurity training mandatory for all government employees. The State passed a...
View ArticleSingapore Government Patches 31 vulnerabilities found by Ethical Hackers
The Government of Singapore announced that it has rectified 31 vulnerabilities in its network systems that were found by ethical hackers in the Government Bug Bounty Program (BBP). The bug bounty...
View ArticleSingapore and UK sign Joint Statement on Cooperation to promote ‘Security by...
The governments of Singapore and the United Kingdom recently joined hands to promote user ‘Security by Default’ in both countries. According to the official report, the Chief Executive of the UK’s...
View ArticleU.S. Agreed to Secure Baltic Energy Grid Against Cyber-attacks
The United States and Baltic states recently signed a cooperation deal to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber-attacks. The energy partnership agreement, termed as “a critical moment for the...
View ArticleCERT-In Chief Reveals Spurt in Cybersecurity Incidents in India
By Brian Pereira CERT-In is the Indian Chapter of the global Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), and it has been in existence since 2004. The Indian Information Technology Amendment Act 2008...
View ArticleMississippi State Agencies not Complying with Cybersecurity Laws
Cybersecurity has been at a nascent stage for several states in the United States. With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) around the corner, you would imagine that other states are sprucing up...
View ArticleCanadian Legislation Lacks Cybersecurity Awareness: Survey
Cybersecurity experts have opined the Canadian government isn’t doing enough to protect businesses and consumers from data breaches. A recent survey from Keyfactor, a provider of secure digital...
View ArticleUS Legislation Launches “Mind Your Own Business” Act
From now, the Chief Executive Officers who misuse customers’ data could end up in jail for twenty years. The U.S. legislation recently proposed “Mind Your Own Business Act”, which prosecutes top-level...
View ArticleJackson Health’s HIPAA Violation Costs US$ 2.15 million fine
In what seems to be one of the biggest HIPAA fines imposed by OCR for the current year – Jackson Health Systems, Florida was charged a US$ 2.15 million fine on account of three separate HIPAA violation...
View ArticleRussia Launches “Disconnect from the Internet” Law
It seems that Russia wants to build its own Internet Firewall platform to monitor internet traffic in the country through government servers. The Russian government recently launched its controversial...
View ArticleData Breach Reports Increase in Canada after Privacy Law
The number of reported data breaches in Canada increased by six times after the country implemented a new breach-reporting regulation. The new regulation, the Personal Information Protection and...
View ArticleAustralia Spends AU$ 8.5m to Build National Freight Data Hub
The Australian government recently announced that it’s going to spend AU$8.5 million to create a national freight data hub. The government stated the new data hub helps businesses and governments make...
View ArticleU.K. Launches “Call for Evidence” to Improve Cybersecurity
As part of its present review on cybersecurity incentives and regulations, the Government of the United Kingdom recently announced the launch of “Call for Evidence” on improving cybersecurity across...
View ArticleFailure in HIPAA Compliance Costs URMC $3 million fine
The University of Rochester Medical Center’s (URMCs) ignorance towards HIPAA compliance has costed them a $3 million fine. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
View ArticleMicrosoft Rolls Out the Red Carpet for CCPA in U.S.
In an age where data traffic volumes are higher than the road traffic, the lack of a comprehensive privacy law has long been a case of concern for general census. But this seems to be changing soon as...
View ArticleAustralia Releases “Code of Practice” to Secure IoT Devices
The government of Australia recently released a draft Code of Practice for securing the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The government stated the draft, Voluntary Code of Practice: Securing the...
View ArticleGoogle Updates its Political Ads Policy
In order to increase voters’ confidence in political ads, Google recently announced that it is making a few changes in handling political ads on its platform globally. The updated ad policy will come...
View ArticleChina Closes 173 Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Token-Issuing Platforms
The Chinese government has reportedly shut down almost all the cryptocurrency exchanges and token issuing platforms that are operating within the country. The move was taken in order to tighten its...
View ArticleSingapore to Adopt New Data Protection Measures
In order to boost cybersecurity and tackle next-generation cyber threats, the Singapore government decided to adopt new data protection measures. The government also established a committee, named...
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