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DOJ Regulations and White House Executive Order Will Target Protections for Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data Against Foreign Threat Actors

Hunton Privacy

On February 28, 2024, President Biden released an Executive Order (“EO”) “addressing the extraordinary and unusual national security threat posed by the continued effort of certain countries of concern to access Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data and certain U.S. Government-related data.”

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Biden Cybersecurity Strategy: Big Ambitions, Big Obstacles

eSecurity Planet

The White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy unveiled yesterday is an ambitious blueprint for improving U.S. cybersecurity and threat response, but some of the more ambitious items will take time to implement, and could face opposition from Congress. ” Those fundamental shifts are focused on two core priorities.

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The US government, privacy, and security – recent developments

Data Protection Report

The United States Federal Government is turning its attention to privacy and cybersecurity laws, and the result has been several recent legal developments that may have an impact on your business. Do you know what legal obligations the company has with regards to such data?

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: Bi-partisan report calls a for a self-sacrificing approach to cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

A new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center ( BPC ) lays out — in stark terms – the prominent cybersecurity risks of the moment. Biden’s impact on cybersecurity. The BPC’s Top Risks in Cybersecurity 2023 analysis calls out eight “top macro risks” that frame what’s wrong and what’s at stake in the cyber realm.

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BEST PRACTICES: Why pursuing sound ‘data governance’ can be a cybersecurity multiplier

The Last Watchdog

Related: What we’ve learned from the massive breach of Capitol At RSA 2020 , I learned about how one of the routine daily chores all large organizations perform — data governance — has started to emerge as something of a cybersecurity multiplier. This is the time to purge those data sets.”

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. Historically, October has always been an important month for the cybersecurity community and a month of major cybersecurity events. So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

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Singapore: Higher Fines for Breach of Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) – up to 10% of Singapore Turnover

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Given these higher financial penalties, organisations collecting, using or disclosing personal data in Singapore are recommended to carefully review their existing data protection programmes and processes to ensure compliance with the PDPA. of personal data); and. the Transfer Limitation Obligation (i.e.