Since this could be years after the product was brought to market, the manufacturer and/or distributor may be responsible for an extended period of time for product defects of various types. In addition, industry specific regulations in areas such as gaming or insurance can vary from state to state. Editor’s Note: Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of computerized litigation support systems. MORE

Also, a very real risk exists that an infected employee on a manufacturing floor or otherwise in the chain of commerce could create a panicked boycott of the goods/services of their employer. It does not apply to employers – for instance, if an employer provides a self-insured health plan for employees, the plan, but not the employer, is subject to HIPAA. MORE

Speakers represented life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, financial services, consulting services, and hi-tech. Overall the event provided best in the industry networking opportunity and educational sessions that offered new ways for companies to think about their data in the new digital economy. Ankur Gupta, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Reltio. MORE

Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry. Xchanging is primarily an insurance managed services business that operates on a standalone basis.” MORE

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. MORE

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Insurance & claims management. MORE

notes that state and local governments license drivers, register vehicles, enact and enforce traffic laws, conduct safety inspections, regulate insurance and liability, and build and maintain infrastructure. identifies two primary ways in which the private sector can promote consumer acceptance of automation technology: first, through transparency about vehicle safety performance; second, through public education campaigns. MORE

Author of FastPOS malware revealed, pleads guilty Cyber insurance: The moral quandary of paying criminals who stole your data For six months, security researchers have secretly distributed an Emotet vaccine Please stop hard-wiring AWS credentials in your code. MORE

The education sector accounted for 20 of the 102 publicly disclosed incidents listed this month – with the majority being ransomware. September saw students around the globe returning to classes, only to be met with an avalanche of cyber attacks. MORE

Of the businesses surveyed, those in the finance and insurance industries had the highest levels of awareness (79%), followed by information and communications (67%) and education (52%). The industries with the least awareness were construction (25%) and production and manufacturing (27%). It is important to remember that a key component of any organisation’s GDPR compliance framework is staff awareness and education. MORE

It's one you can get involved in at almost any age ( I started both my kids coding at 6 years old ), it provides endless opportunities to learn for very little or even free (the vast majority of my own programming education has come via free online resources) and it transcends borders and socioeconomic barriers like few others (think of the opportunities it grants people in emerging markets). Borrowing for education can also be good debt. Patience. Frugality. Sacrifice. MORE

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Insurance & claims management. MORE

The finance and insurance (79%), information or communications (67%) and education (52%) sectors have the highest awareness of the GDPR. The finance and insurance sector is also the most likely to have put in place measures to comply with the GDPR, with 54% having done so. Construction (25%) and the production and manufacturing (27%) sectors are among the least aware of the GDPR. MORE

This post has been updated. . On July 10, 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China published a new draft of its Regulations on Protecting the Security of Key Information Infrastructure (the “Draft Regulations”), and invited comment from the general public. The Cybersecurity Law of China establishes a new category of information infrastructure, called “key [or critical] information infrastructure,” and imposes certain cybersecurity obligations on enterprises that operate such infrastructure. MORE

I was educated in computer engineering but my first job was on the business side. Product data looks very different depending on the product you are talking about and manufacturers see products very differently from the merchants. “On On the technology side you can exploit cloud services and data lake concepts which means you can receive the data in the form that say, a manufacturer might submit it, but consume it in a way that a merchant might want to.”. MORE

The gaming and public-sector industries were mostly affected by targeted attacks, whereas the insurance and telecom industries mostly suffered opportunistic attacks. Financial and manufacturing organisations were equally affected by both. Email is used organisation-wide and, with targeted attacks a growing concern, it is essential that organisations build awareness and educate their employees. MORE