FDA Will No Longer Approve Digital Medical Devices That Are Vulnerable Starting last month, the FDA will REJECT all new applications for any cyber medical device that does not include a cyberattack protection plan. Of course this won’t be perfect, but at least manufacturers will have to make an effort at it. Given that the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I teased last week, the law is always behind the tech world. Way behind. AI is no different. But that doesn’t mean that the government isn’t going to try. On March 15th the Copyright Office issued registration guidance on works containing material generated by AI. This is probably not something you are thinking about. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a secondary problem of vendor cyber risk. The first problem is that you are dependent on a lot of vendors. You have to depend on those vendors. If they screw up, you get sued. And you lose customers. To make matters worse, when one of your vendors gets breached, you are only one […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If this seems hyperbolic, it may not be. In December 2020 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Ripple, who provides infrastructure for cross-border payments and also its executives with conducting a 1.3 billion dollar unregistered security offering. The core of this is whether their XRP cryptocurrency is a security. Ripple has been fighting […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Senators Ask CISA to Investigate DJI Drones A bipartisan group of Senators is asking CISA to examine drones made by companies with deep ties to the Chinese government. DJI is the 800 pound gorilla in the high end consumer drone market, drones also used by businesses and government. While this makes sense, if they do […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The stakes in getting breached are definitely increasing. Historically, victims of a breach have sued the breached company claiming some potential future, but vague, damages. Often the suits get thrown out saying that these potential future damages are not sufficiently real. Independent Living Systems is a VENDOR to healthcare providers in Florida. They were breached […]
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