Consumer Protection in the Digital Age: Four Lessons From Experts
Trusted Future recently hosted a conversation focused on efforts to digital financial scams and fraud. Participants discussed how to combat fraud, build a more trustworthy
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Empowering parents with trustworthy options to simultaneously protect kids privacy and safety
Legislative proposals should avoid simply shifting responsibility from the app developer who knows their customer and content best to the app stores that distribute them.
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.
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.
Adam Golodner: The EU’s cybersecurity dilemma: It’s time for executives to take action
The need for the world’s leading executives and government national security experts to weigh in on non-security “civil” legislation stands on its own as an imperative.
Jim Kohlenberger: Cybersecurity Risks Of Encryption Backdoors: What Business Leaders Should Know
The Washington Post reported in February that the U.K. government issued a “secret order” that “demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud.”
While the immediate order is centered on Apple’s cloud data, the U.K.’s order for blanket access to encrypted material raises broader questions about its applicability to other companies and its potential to undermine end-to-end encryption, a critical tool businesses and consumers broadly rely upon today to keep their devices, services and data safe.
James Lamond: Transatlantic Consensus That Private Sector Is Key To Addressing Cyber Concerns
By any account, the transatlantic relationship appears to be at a low point. From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.
However, there is one area where there appears to be more alignment than one might expect: cybersecurity.
Encryption: Your Privacy and Security Matter
If you don’t like prying eyes, but want secure data, listen up. The UK government has ordered a US Tech company to create a backdoor in its cloud infrastructure, weakening end-to-end encryption, the very technology that keeps your data safe. This isn’t just a UK issue.
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.