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Report: Ofcom Unprepared to Implement UK Online Safety Bill

Data Breach Today

UK Parliamentary Committee Says the Agency Is Not Likely to Meet the 2025 Deadline The U.K. telecom regulatory Ofcom faces "significant challenges" in implementing the newly passed Online Safety Act, which is intended to protect children from online harm, says analysis by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts.

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Sandboxing: Advanced Malware Analysis in 2021

eSecurity Planet

To fill this gap and aid in the analysis, detection, and testing of malware, sandboxing is widely used to give organizations the setting, isolation, and security tools needed to preserve the integrity of the host network. Sandbox solutions today are compared today by their set of features to aid advanced malware analysis. Automation.

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New PCI DSS v4.0 – Flexibility added

Data Protection Report

assessment; 51 are “best practice” until March 31, 2025, at which time they will be mandatory. This new approach requires documentation and evidence about each customized control, as well as a targeted risk analysis for each such control. all best practice until March 31, 2025). best practice until March 31, 2025).

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Texas enacts comprehensive privacy law

Data Protection Report

On June 13, 2023, the Texas Governor signed HB4 , making Texas the tenth state to have a comprehensive privacy law, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Virginia, and Utah (all in effect or going into effect in 2023), Montana and Tennessee (which, like Texas, go into effect in 2024), Iowa (effective 2025) and Indiana (effective 2026).

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PCI DSS 4.0: The Compliance Countdown – A Roadmap Through Phases 1 & 2

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A comprehensive understanding of your cardholder data environment (CDE) is crucial for later risk analysis and targeted control implementation. Phase Two Checklist: Preparing for the Final March 2025 Deadline Phase two of PCI DSS 4.0 Risk Assessment Reevaluation : PCI DSS 4.0 stresses targeted, risk-based controls.

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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

According to its analysis , 260 organisations in the UK fell victim to ransomware between January 2020 and June 2022, a figure that’s only exceeded by Canada (276) and – in a distant lead – the US (2,379). But this isn’t the only reason that small organisations are under threat, according to Smalakys.

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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Big Data Hub

The International Energy Agency predicts that a combination of renewable energy and nuclear power will meet more than 90% of increased demand by 2025. 4 ” IEA: More than a third of the world’s electricity will come from renewables in 2025. Copernicus, Jan. link resides outside ibm.com).