Web scraping is a time honored tradition. Everyone does it. Just not at the scale that companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft do it. Some people say that data is the new oil. If true, that means if you have more data than the other team, you will win. AI for example, needs to train […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Chair of the House Oversight Committee’s cybersecurity subpanel says the bill, titled the Federal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act, would play a crucial role in protection the nation’s digital infrastructure. The bill doesn’t actually require federal contractors to improve security. Instead, it will require all federal contractors, potentially even 1 person companies, to set up […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NIST Special Publication 800-171 is the guide that all defense contractors must follow for protecting controlled unclassified information. It has been around since 2015 and has gone over several revisions. Revision 3 is the most recent and NIST has released the “initial public draft”. Expect a final draft this fall and a released version in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Colorado AG Sends out “Welcome Letters” About CO Privacy Law Colorado AG Phil Weiser has sent out letters to businesses reminding them of their responsibilities under the Colorado Privacy Law. Likely the next letter won’t be so welcoming. Credit: Truyo White House Will Host Roundtable on Harmful Data Broker Practices At the roundtable, the CFPB […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I don’t think so, but one attorney does. I will let you decide. It is an interesting but misguided position. Here goes. Other than what is in square brackets, everything below is Jenny’s position. I don’t blame her; her job is to protect her client’s interests. She says that you can’t patent a dataset and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Police Don’t Know Who Accessed Data Posted in Error This is somewhat hard to believe while at the same time all too common. Would your company do any better. Police in Northern Ireland posted the entire country’s police roster in response to a freedom of information request – by accident. Even though they took it […]
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