First it was cybersecurity laws. Then it was breach notification laws. Then first generation privacy laws. Then second generation privacy laws. Now it is AI laws. What is interesting is the velocity. It took over 15 years for all states to have a cybersecurity law. We now have 17 or 18 states that enacted second […]
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The government is escalating their response to cyber attacks and they are having a little bit of success, but as we have seen recently, that means that they are also going against companies that do not have adequate security. In addition, we have seen that they are going the people in those companies who should […]
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White House Preps New Cyber Rules for Healthcare After ChangeHealth Breach Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber says that after a decade of pleading with hospitals to protect your data, they are getting ready to roll out regulations. The hospitals say don’t penalize us by making us protect your data; why do we […]
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Six years ago there were no second generation privacy laws. No we are dealing with stronger and stronger laws. And more challenges for businesses. The rub is that the legislature is controlled by the democrats, the governor is a republican and the legislative session has ended, so the bill could get vetoed. The bill outlaws […]
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First a little background. One of the main uses of cryptocurrency – not the only use – is to monetize crime. Most ransomware payments are done via cryptocurrency. There are other, legitimate uses, but they are dwarfed by the illegal uses. To the tune of tens of billions of dollars of criminal activity a year. […]
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TikTok Sues US Government; Vows to Prevail No surprise here and without taking a side pro or con; ByteDance and TikTok have filed suit in federal court arguing the law violates the US Constitution. TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew says the company expects to win a legal challenge to block the new law. He says […]
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