Dennis Hirsch and Keir Lamont have a nice analysis for IAPP of the need for cross-disciplinary training in cybersecurity.  CSU is developing an interdisciplinary Cybersecurity MS program that implements this idea with required coursework from law, business and engineering.  The initial program proposal is under review at the state. The siloed data governance professions of

The belated is merely annoying; all the people now fussing about Kremlin interference in last year’s U.S. presidential election seem to think this was the first instance of Russian political warfare. In fact, it was just the latest and most conspicuous. Hardened participants in the struggle for freedom and democracy in and around Russia should

More on the security flaw in security smart cards.  The famous Estonian e-Identity uses cards with the vulnerability. Source: Millions of high-security crypto keys crippled by newly discovered flaw | Ars Technica

DayZero: Cybersecurity Law and Policy KRACK–the vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol proven this morning–is an interesting and amusing vulnerability from a technical standpoint and a great lesson in how our computer security is “dancing madly on the lip of a volcano”. It demonstrates a sober lesson for cybersecurity policy, showing just how tough seemingly

From Politico Morning Cybersecurity The physical security tokens carried by senior government officials and industry executives can be hacked, according to blockbuster research revealed Monday. The software used to generate private cryptographic keys for the tokens' chips, which are manufactured by a company called Infineon, can be reverse-engineered, letting hackers "factor" - or identify - the keys and

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CyberSecure My Business is a comprehensive national program led by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) to help businesses of all sizes learn to be safer and more secure online and is housed on the staysafeonline.org website. As the cornerstone of the program, NCSA has translated the (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework into simpler language and incorporated

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