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WHEN INTEROPERABILITY MANDATES WEAKEN SECURITY – JIT HAPPENS

Holy Cow! We looked at the very first interoperability request publicly posted as part
of Europe’s Digital Markets Act’s (DMA) new interoperability rules and it’s a digital doozy that would enable serious new security threats. A developer has requested that under the DMA’s new interoperability rules, Apple should provide it with direct access to features of its Just-In-Time Compiler or JIT engine – which is a core capability built into all major browser engines.

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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