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Episode 222: US Rep. Himes on Congress’s About-face on Cybersecurity

The Security Ledger

Senator Ted Stevens famous “ the Internet is a series of tubes ” statement from 2006 is just the most famous, but lawmakers continue to fall for dubious arguments, like intelligence industry assurances that desired backdoors in encryption algorithms are possible without undermining everyone’s security. .

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Emissary Panda updated its weapons for attacks in the past 2 years

Security Affairs

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. In 2018, Emissary Panda was observed using an updated version of the ZxShell RAT first developed in 2006 and whom code was released in 2007.

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Agencies Issue Final Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Model Privacy Notice

Hunton Privacy

Issuance of this model notice follows the enactment, in October 2006, of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act (“Relief Act”). Section 728 of the Relief Act directs the federal financial services agencies to jointly develop a model privacy notice that incorporates all of GLBA-mandated disclosures to consumers.

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Agencies Expected to Publish Final Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Model Privacy Notice

Hunton Privacy

The federal financial services agencies are expected to shortly announce a proposed-final Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) model form privacy notice. The model notice incorporates financial institutions’ required disclosures pursuant to Section 503 of the GLBA. Section 728 also provides a safe harbor.

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U.S. Warns of Threat to Financial Industry Posed by North Korean Cyberattacks

Data Matters

3 Federal Trade Commission, Financial Institutions and Customer Information: Complying with the Safeguards Rule (2006), [link]. North Korea has been subjected to comprehensive international sanctions implemented to pressure its government to denuclearize. 2 6 U.S.C. §§ 1501–1510. 5 North Korea Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: My experience of Lotus Notes at Ernst & Young

ChiefTech

This is probably because the Financial Services area he worked in was the smallest group (Accounting and Tax being the largest) and they simply never invested in enterprise-wide Lotus Notes systems as much the other areas. Further Reading Articles and Papers Book Reviews and More Intranet 2.0

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UK FCA Consults on Changes to Strong Consumer Authentication, Dedicated Interfaces, and Guidance on Payment Services

Data Matters

Brexit triggered a significant onshoring of legislation to ensure that the UK continued to have a functioning financial services regulatory regime. The FCA has proposed changes to the Approach Document to reflect the UK’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) and the end of the transition period on December 31, 2020.