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President Biden Signs Two Bills Aimed at Enhancing Government Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed into law, the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021 (S. 1097) (the “Cyber Workforce Program Act”), two bipartisan bills aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity postures of the federal, state and local governments.

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Transition to Electronic Government: Signs of the Time

Preservica

In 2002, I accepted the position of Statewide Records and Forms Coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Electronic Government (DEG). Today, digital information and communications technologies are ubiquitous in the public sector and every agency is engaged in e-government. Playing Catch Up.

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VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

Krebs on Security

government cybersecurity agencies warned this week that the attackers behind the widespread hacking spree stemming from the compromise at network software firm SolarWinds used weaknesses in other, non-SolarWinds products to attack high-value targets. However, the SolarWinds compromise would have provided that internal access nicely.

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Privacy and Innovation Combined in Information Governance

Everteam

Europe has cultivated a culture that values privacy above all, with long-standing laws that dictate how private information can be gathered and used (including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002). The post Privacy and Innovation Combined in Information Governance appeared first on EVERTEAM.

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EU Council Agrees on Proposed ePrivacy Regulation

Data Matters

On February 10, 2021, the Council of the European Union (which includes representatives of the European Union (EU) member states, hereinafter Council) reached an agreement on the ePrivacy Regulation proposal that governs the protection of privacy and confidentiality of electronic communications services (ePrivacy Regulation).

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What is ArchiMate?

erwin

ArchiMate is an enterprise architecture (EA) modeling language from The Open Group and used to communicate an organization’s enterprise architecture. As well as insulating the project from stalling should the/an architect leave, the approach speeds up time-to-markets by making communication more efficient. History of ArchiMate.

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European Commission Plans to Upgrade e-Privacy Directive to a Regulation

Hunton Privacy

The e-Privacy Directive was enacted in 2002 and designed to protect the right to privacy and confidentiality of users of electronic communication services, such as Internet service and broadband providers. The draft Regulation is intended to complement the EU GDPR, and contains a number of provisions that mirror those of the GDPR.

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