Lawmakers to reintroduce controversial information-sharing bill
Two U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce a controversial cybersecurity bill that allows private companies to share customers' personal information related to a wide range of cyberthreats with government...
View ArticleCritics: CISPA still a government surveillance bill
A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House...
View ArticleCISPA sponsor compares opponents to 14-year-olds
The chief sponsor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in the U.S. Congress has ignited a Twitter storm by suggesting many opponents of the proposed cyberthreat sharing bill are...
View ArticleWhite House big-data panel calls for privacy protections, ignores NSA
Congress should take action to protect privacy in response to a growing big-data revolution, a White House panel has recommended, but its report does not address wide-ranging surveillance and...
View ArticleNSA reform bill stalled with Congress headed toward fall recess
The U.S. Congress is unlikely to pass legislation to end the National Security Agency's widespread collection of U.S. telephone records before leaving Washington, D.C., on a two-month break.
View ArticleUS FTC calls on IoT vendors to protect privacy
Companies developing Internet of Things (IoT) products should adopt best practices to protect the privacy and security of consumers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recommended.
View ArticleHouse passes second cyberthreat information-sharing bill
For the second time in two days, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill that would give legal protections to companies that share cyberattack information.
View ArticleTech industry redoubles efforts to fight US gov't encryption backdoors
Groups representing major IT companies have warned U.S. President Barack Obama again not to go through with measures that would undermine encryption technologies. Such policies would undermine privacy...
View ArticleLawmakers to reintroduce controversial information-sharing bill
Two U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce a controversial cybersecurity bill that allows private companies to share customers' personal information related to a wide range of cyberthreats with government...
View ArticleCritics: CISPA still a government surveillance bill
A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House...
View ArticleCISPA sponsor compares opponents to 14-year-olds
The chief sponsor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in the U.S. Congress has ignited a Twitter storm by suggesting many opponents of the proposed cyberthreat sharing bill are...
View ArticleWhite House big-data panel calls for privacy protections, ignores NSA
Congress should take action to protect privacy in response to a growing big-data revolution, a White House panel has recommended, but its report does not address wide-ranging surveillance and...
View ArticleNSA reform bill stalled with Congress headed toward fall recess
The U.S. Congress is unlikely to pass legislation to end the National Security Agency's widespread collection of U.S. telephone records before leaving Washington, D.C., on a two-month break.
View ArticleUS FTC calls on IoT vendors to protect privacy
Companies developing Internet of Things (IoT) products should adopt best practices to protect the privacy and security of consumers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recommended.
View ArticleHouse passes second cyberthreat information-sharing bill
For the second time in two days, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill that would give legal protections to companies that share cyberattack information.
View ArticleTech industry redoubles efforts to fight US gov't encryption backdoors
Groups representing major IT companies have warned U.S. President Barack Obama again not to go through with measures that would undermine encryption technologies. Such policies would undermine privacy...
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