The TSA has issued a security directive to all US Airports and airlines telling them to tighten up their cybersecurity procedures. This after a Swiss researcher discovered an unprotected copy of the no-fly-list and other sensitive documents belonging to United Airlines feeder carrier CommuteAir. The researcher also said that he probably could have cancelled or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Oh, Boy, Bad Day at Work – FAA NOTAM Failure Caused by Contractor Deleting Wrong Files The FAA is now saying that the NOTAM failure earlier this month that shut down air traffic for around 90 minutes was caused by human error. A contractor was trying to fix a synchronization problem between the primary and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Probably many of you have created an incident response plan and possibly you have tested it. But likely, that plan and test of it is based on the assumption that hackers are encrypting your data. The solution to that is effective backups. The problem with that is whether your backups really good and how long […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We are now a step closer to an agreement announced in principle last year, to replace the now thrown out Privacy Shield. Privacy Shield was the (at least) second try to come up with a solution to sharing data across the pond while protecting EU citizens’ privacy. The last agreement got struck down by the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New York Gov Signs Right to Repair Law While industry lobbyists have done their best to water down New York’s right to repair law (and they were relatively successful at it), it is a start. It goes into effect in July, 2023 and while it excludes electronics used in government and schools, has other ridiculous […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Dr. Suzanne Schwartz of the Food and Drug Administration, says the new cybersecurity requirements for medical devices in the $1.7 trillion spending bill Biden recently signed is a game changer. Up until now, if the manufacturer patched a device, or it a hospital patched the operating system of one of these devices, the device was […]
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