Data Privacy News
A selection of top headlines from today’s best sources for Data Privacy News:
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FCW Insider: September 17, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
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White House nominates John Sherman for DOD CIO
John Sherman was named DOD's principal deputy CIO in 2020 and has been acting in the CIO role since January.
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AFGE looks to block Cyber Command reserve program in NDAA
A proposed amendment to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to pilot a cybersecurity reserve force at the Department of Defense would weaken merit systems principles, according to the largest federal employee union.
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House reconciliation bill includes nearly $800 million for CISA
The funding supports the implementation of President Joe Biden's May executive order on cybersecurity and workforce development.
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FCW Insider: September 16, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
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How do Americans feel about federal tech?
A new survey digs into the public’s perceptions about federal IT, government services delivery and data privacy.
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Inglis: First rule of cyber education is budget accountability
The newly appointed cyber director has been setting priorities and carving out turf for his office to cover. With that will likely come some scrutiny of how the government spends resources on cyber.
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What will the new Digital Corps look like?
Technology talent with a desire to serve is out there, says Chris Kaung. There just aren't many places for them to get into public service early in their careers. The U.S. Digital Corps is meant to fix that.
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Live Webinar | Detect and Defeat Automated Cyber Attacks
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Marching Orders: Understanding and Meeting the Biden Administration's New Cybersecurity Standards
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ENISA: Software vulnerability prevention initiatives
The European Network and Information Security Agency, ENISA, has compiled a list of existing initiatives focused on finding and preventing software vulnerabilities.
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Accounting of Disclosures Under the HITECH Act
A notice of proposed rulemaking from the HHS Office for Civil Rights that would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule standard for accounting of disclosures of protected health information and add new requirements for access reports.
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FFIEC Final Authentication Guidance
The Final FFIEC Guidance has been issued and its main intent is to reinforce the 2005 Guidance's risk management framework and update the Agencies' expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, or other controls in the increasingly hostile online environment.
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Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights provided a report to Congress on health information breaches from September 2009 through 2010, as required under the HITECH Act. Nearly 7.9 million Americans were affected by almost 30,800[…]
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Is Grief's Threat to Wipe Decryption Key Believable?
Analysts Say the Gang Is Escalating Rhetoric to Scare VictimsRegarding the recent tactical innovation by the Grief ransomware gang that is threatening to wipe a victim's data and decryption key if the victim engages a ransom negotiator, analysts are calling[…]
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OCC's Hsu Addresses Need for Cryptocurrency Oversight
Calls for Global Cryptocurrency Regulation Escalate as US Explores OptionsAmid growing calls for cryptocurrency regulations, the U.S. acting comptroller of the currency has made a definitive statement on safeguarding investors and how cryptocurrency should intersect with traditional financial institutions.
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Good News: REvil Ransomware Victims Get Free Decryptor
Many Files Crypto-Locked Before July 13 Unlockable via Free Bitdefender DecryptorScore one for the good guys in the fight against ransomware: Anyone who fell victim to REvil, aka Sodinokibi, crypto-locking malware before July 13 can now decrypt their files for[…]
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US Warns Nation-State Groups May Exploit Flaw in Zoho Tool
FBI, CISA, Coast Guard Release Joint Warning and Urge Customers to PatchCISA, the FBI and the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command warn users of Zoho Corp.'s single sign-on and password management tool to patch for a vulnerability that nation-state groups[…]
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