Policy vs reality? Who is responsible? Who should report?
A leak
report quietly disappears, leaving questions in its wake
On
October 8, Jeremiah Fowler reported that he had discovered a
non-password protected database that contained what appeared to be
information regarding healthcare workers and traveling nurses. If
you had read the report on Security
Discovery at
the time, you would have read that almost one million people were
potentially affected. Based on that reporting, DataBreaches.net
reached out to Freedom Healthcare to inquire whether they would be
notifying Colorado
regulators of the leak. In response, their external counsel called
me and emailed me, saying, “We believe there are inaccuracies in
[the reporting].”
DataBreaches.net
agreed to hold off posting anything to give them time to respond more
fully to Fowler’s report. On October 28, I received their
statement, which I am reproducing in full. I’ll have some comments
on the other side and Fowler’s response.
It will happen in the US too.
UK's
biggest law firms at risk of having confidential client data stolen
A new study of 200 of the country’s biggest law
firms found more than 90pc are exposed to having their websites and
email addresses spoofed or imitated, leaving troves of secret client
information vulnerable to hackers.
A fifth of top firms use services reliant on out
of date software, placing them at increased risk of cyber crimes
similar to the WannaCry ransomware attack that hit businesses around
the world in 2017 and cost the NHS – one of the victims – £92m.
The figures are from an investigation of
deficiencies in law firms’ IT systems by consultancy Crowe UK,
cybersecurity firm KYND and the University of Portsmouth.
… Jim Gee, a partner at Crowe UK, said he had
been approached by one law firm that had paid a ransom five times in
the vain hope of having its data unencrypted following a hack.
In another case, DLA Piper, one of the world’s
largest legal advisers, had its phones and computers taken offline
for days in 2017, after it was hit by a global ransomware attack.
Who determines appropriate outcomes?
We’ve got
to regulate the application of AI — not the tech itself
The World Economic Forum recently confirmed its
intention to develop global rules for AI and create an AI Council
that will aim to find common ground on policy between nations on the
potential of AI and other emerging technologies.
The trouble is that regulations designed to
breathe life into the AI dream could in fact do the opposite, if not
approached with care and due diligence. Regulatory compliance is
important across the spectrum of business, from retail to banking,
but it is also incredibly complicated, especially with new
technologies being implemented into business models on an almost
daily basis.
“ Open
the pod bay doors, Hal.”
“I’m
sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
Why
conversational AI will become a c-suite priority in 2020
Conversational
artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise, and both Gartner and
Accenture believe the integration of conversational AI will emerge as
a top priority for the c-suite by 2020.
Conversational
AI is a voice assistant that can engage in human-like dialogue,
capture context and provide intelligent responses. Examples include
Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Virtual Assistant. Developments
in AI in the past few years, including machine learning, natural
language processing and image and speech recognition have promoted
its use,
according to Kenneth Research.
A
recent Gartner report finds
that by 2022, 70% of white-collar workers will interact with
conversational platforms on a daily basis.
“Human,”
because we can see no other model?
Seattle
faith groups reckon with AI — and what it means to be ‘truly
human’
On
a recent Sunday at the Queen Anne Lutheran Church basement,
parishioners sat transfixed as the Rev. Dr. Ted Peters discussed an
unusual topic for an afternoon assembly: “Can technology enhance
the image of God?”
Peters’
discussion focused on a
relatively new philosophical movement. Its followers
believe humans will transcend their physical and mental limitations
with wearable and implantable devices.
The
movement, called transhumanism,
claims that in the future, humans will be smarter and stronger and
may even overcome aging and death through developments in fields such
as biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI).
… “The
questions that are being presented by AI are fundamental life
questions that have now become business [ones],” said Brenner, a
retired lawyer. Values including human dignity, privacy, free will,
equality and freedom are called into question through the development
of machines.
“Should
robots ever have rights, or is it like giving your refrigerator
rights even if they can function just like us?” Brenner said.
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