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Congressional Movement on Cybersecurity in a Bill to Reauthorize the Homeland Security Act of 2002

Data Matters

Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ­approved a bill ( SB 2825 ) reauthorizing the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and including key cybersecurity provisions affecting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). SB 2825 requires that DHS routinely conduct cyber-risk assessments and issue risk reports to Congress.

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MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago.

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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.

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Estonia sues Gemalto for 152M euros over flaws in citizen ID cards issued by the company

Security Affairs

“The vulnerabilities to hacker attacks found in government- issued ID cards supplied by the Franco-Dutch company marked an embarrassing setback for Estonia, which has billed itself as the world’s most digitalised “e-government”.” .” reported the Reuters. At the time, Estonia had issued 1.3

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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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The history of ESG: A journey towards sustainable investing

IBM Big Data Hub

The term ESG, or environmental, social and governance , is well-known in the investor community. 1 Slowly but surely, institutional investors started to recognize that companies could potentially improve financial performance and risk management by focusing on ESG issues like greenhouse gas emissions. In 1995, the U.S

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Biden administration issues Executive Order and takes action to enhance maritime cybersecurity

Data Protection Report

They include (i) an Executive Order, (ii) a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Cybersecurity in the MTS issued by the Coast Guard, and (iii) a Maritime Security Directive on cyber risk management. The Executive Order extends the authority of the Coast Guard to take possession and control of vessels presenting a potential cyber risk to U.S.