Three Problems With the New Digital Markets Act Fines and Interoperability Regulatory Measures
Today, the European Commission issued its first fines under the controversial Digital Markets Act.
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Signalgate, and NSA warnings about Signal vulnerabilities, highlight the inherent vulnerabilities in the EU’s latest interoperability rules
These couple weeks have proven to be a powerful reminder of the power of encrypted messaging apps, and the equally significant harm to national security when someone unwittingly gains access to important private conversations.
The EU Takes Another Step Back on Privacy and Security
As we warned they might do, today, under the guise of advancing interoperability, EU regulators have taken another major step backwards when it comes to
Experts React to UK Proposal to Destroy Digital Privacy
The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom Government has secretly ordered Apple to weaken end-to-end encryption for data stored in iCloud, forcing the company to create a backdoor to its fully encrypted data. Once a backdoor is created, it can be exploited by anyone who finds it. If the reporting is accurate, it represents an incredibly dangerous overreach that threatens to put the security of millions of people’s data at risk.
New Interoperability Mandates Exemplify the Problems with DMA Rather Than Fixing Them
Many people may have missed it, but just ahead of the holidays, the European Commission proposed specific new interoperability mandates under the Digital Markets Act
The Global IT Crisis and Third Party Vulnerabilities
This week’s global IT crisis affecting businesses around the world should be a wake up call to us all. DMA requirements for mandatory third party access to the operating system will make personal smartphones and tablets vulnerable to new and currently unimaginable emerging threats.
Taking Spyware and Other Mobile Threats Seriously
Last March, in the forward to the White House Cybersecurity strategy, the President wrote, “[W]hen we pick up our smart phones to keep in touch with loved ones, log on to social media to share our ideas with one another, or connect to the Internet to run a business, we need the ability to trust that the underlying digital ecosystem is safe, reliable, and secure.”
DMA: To Preserve Robust Mobile Security, Policymakers Should Heed the Important Security Lessons From the ActiveX Era of the Internet
We’ve previously explained the many challenges European regulators face in implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA), especially as it relates to the security consequences of downloading mobile apps from untrusted sources. In this piece, we go deeper to examine lessons from a similar well-meaning approach and architecture from the 1990’s — a technology framework called ActiveX that enabled software applications to be downloaded from third-party sources to bridge the gap that separated web pages from Microsoft’s operating system.
How Companies Can Drive a More Resilient and Trustworthy Supply Chain
As the world becomes more focused on, and aware of, the ways social and environmental issues are impacted by the many decisions companies make, the importance of ensuring a reliable and resilient supply chain that is ethical and consistent with consumer and company values has become clear.
Trusted Future Announces James Lamond as New Executive Director
Trusted Future is excited to announce that current Deputy Executive Director James Lamond will be the organization’s new Executive Director, following the departure of current Executive Director Ken Gude. The transition will be effective September 1, 2023.