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European Commission gets mandate to negotiate trade agreement with US

The concept of an EU-US trade agreement, the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has moved with breathtaking speed; from initial announcement in February to the official mandate for the EC to start negotiations last Friday. But the memory of ACTA lingers.
19 June 2013

Google Glass privacy questioned by six countries and the EU

Led by Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, and enjoined by 36 provincial and international colleagues, Google has been invited to enter a dialogue with data protection authorities over the privacy issues around Google Glass.
19 June 2013

EiQ Networks unwraps new ‘proactive’ cyber defense monitoring

The Massachusetts-based security and compliance specialist has introduced what it is calling the “first security monitoring solution to provide automated analysis of SANS Critical Security Controls”.
18 June 2013

Former US military chief: bold leadership required to solve cybersecurity problems

What keeps retired US Navy Admiral Mike Mullen up at night? According to the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the government’s debt, the state of the US primary/secondary education system, a lack of bipartisan cooperation, and the issue of cybersecurity.
18 June 2013

Opt-out porn filters in the UK by the end of the year

UK ISPs will have porn filters operational before the end of 2013 said David Cameron’s ‘pornification’ advisor Claire Perry at a Westminster eForum last week.
17 June 2013

Blank media levy extended to smartphones and tablets

The ‘blank media levy’ is effectively a tax on blank media (originally tape cassettes) designed to compensate content creators for illegal copying of copyrighted works. Over the years it was extended to include CDs, DVDs, hard disks – and is now making its first forays into devices that include solid state memory.
17 June 2013

Fortune 500 security policies are a mixed bag

A research effort into the security practices of Fortune 500 companies has found that while a majority of the largest US public companies are following the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Guidelines by providing some level of disclosure regarding data breaches, some companies that have had exposures have chosen to remain silent. And, companies may be underestimating certain risks, like state-sponsored cyber-espionage.
14 June 2013

Sweden effectively bans government use of Google

An announcement from the Swedish Information Commissioner enjoins Salem Municipality ‘to either remedy the shortcomings of the agreement [to use Google’s cloud services] or to stop using the cloud service.’
14 June 2013

Cyber-policy woes: one-fifth of workers don't alert IT to BYOD use

Despite increased focus on the security holes that bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategies and the consumerization of IT present within the enterprise, research from AppSense has revealed that the threat to corporate IT security hasn't really abated at all – especially with consumers circumventing IT altogether in some cases when it comes to mobile working.
14 June 2013

Gartner analysts drop the bomb on cyberwar hysteria

In a talk this week’s Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit near Washington DC, two industry analysts from Gartner examined the hype and reality behind the idea of ‘cyberwar’ – defining what it is, what it is not, and what organizations should do to prepare.
12 June 2013

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