Thursday, July 30, 2020

No doubt this answered all their questions...

https://www.bespacific.com/online-platforms-and-market-power-part-6-examining-the-dominance-of-amazon-apple-facebook-and-google/

Online Platforms and Market Power Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law – July 29 2020: Support Documents –

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]

  • Hearing Notice – Revision 1 [PDF] Added 07/24/2020 at 03:48 PM

  • Witnesses: Mr. Jeff Bezos Chief Executive Officer, Amazon.com, Inc. Jeff Bezos Statement [PDF]; Mr. Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer, Apple Inc. Tim Cook Statement [PDF]; Mr. Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet Inc.Sundar Pichai Statement [PDF]; Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Facebook, Inc., Mark Zuckerberg Statement [PDF]

  • Hearing via YouTube

  • See also The New York Times – Big Tech Hearing Live Updates: Lawmakers Attack Executives





Failure to follow basic security practices…

https://cyware.com/news/data-breach-incidents-escalate-when-security-of-databases-takes-a-backseat-e22fd64c/?web_view=true

Data Breach Incidents Escalate When Security of Databases Takes a Backseat

Cloud configuration mistakes continue to pose a major security risk to organizations around the world. These unsecured cloud databases can leak sensitive user data and even allow unauthorized third parties to access or modify the data without any authorization.

  • In a new research conducted by Comparitech, it was found that attackers took less than nine hours to get their hands on unsecured databases.

  • Eventually, these unprotected databases were attacked 18 times per day by hackers.

  • To find vulnerable databases, many attackers use an IoT search engine, like Shodan or BinaryEdge.



(Related)

https://www.hackread.com/9517-unsecured-databases-with-10-billion-records/?web_view=true

9,517 unsecured databases identified with 10 billion records globally

A research conducted by NordVPN’s NordPass password manager reveals more than nine thousand unsecured databases across 20 countries can be attacked effortlessly.





For comparison to your Computer Security budget…

https://www.zdnet.com/article/todays-mega-data-breaches-now-cost-companies-392-million-in-damages-lawsuits/?&web_view=true

Today’s ‘mega’ data breaches now cost companies $392 million to recover from

On Wednesday, IBM released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report which says that the average data breach now costs $3.86 million. While this average has decreased by 1.5% in comparison to 2019, when over 50 million consumer records are involved, these "mega" breaches can cost up to $392 million to remedy, up from $388 million in 2019.

If an organization is acting as a data controller for between 40 and 50 million records, the cost on average is $364 million, and organizations could face a cost of up to $175 per consumer record involved in data theft or leaks.





A ten year plan (that’s a bazillion Internet years) is too long. Still, it’s a list of some issues they face...

https://www.cyberscoop.com/army-cyber-command-plan-transition-information-war/

Here's how Army Cyber Command plans to take on information warfare

the Army’s top cybersecurity official has released a ten-year plan to reform his command into a more capable information warfare unit.

The plan, which Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty outlined this week in Cyber Defense Review, a publication from the Army Cyber Institute, is meant to reorganize Army Cyber Command into a series of units that can work to counter adversaries’ efforts to destabilize the U.S., including by influencing adversaries’ behavior and decision-making through jamming up their signals, or by messaging and running social media information operations to control the narrative, for instance. In some cases, the reformulated Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) will focus on “skillfully communicating (or obscuring), the location, capability, and intent of Army forces,” Fogarty said.





Not the most timely, but welcome. (Hey, was that a stop sign back there?)

https://devops.com/a-developers-guide-to-ccpa-gdpr-compliance/

A Developer’s Guide to CCPA, GDPR Compliance

The digital landscape is continuously evolving, and privacy regulations such as CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) and the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) are in effect to give consumers their fundamental right to data privacy.

These regulations force organizations to revamp their operations to comply. This means all departments within an organization, from marketing to software development and everything in between, have to keep privacy regulations in mind and tweak their workflows accordingly.

In this article, we will discuss the steps developers can take to stay compliant with these regulations.

With more people concerned about their data rights, giving them complete control over their data is essential in today’s world. Under both GDPR and CCPA, here are all the rights consumers have concerning their data:

  • The right to be informed.

  • The right of access.

  • The right to rectification.

  • The right to erasure.

  • The right to restrict processing.

  • The right to data portability.

  • The right to object to processing.

  • The rights concerning automated decision-making and profiling.





Interesting. The changes we will have to live with.

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-age-of-accelerating-strategy-breakthroughs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mitsmr+%28MIT+Sloan+Management+Review%29

The Age of Accelerating Strategy Breakthroughs

Companies showing the most agility and resilience in their response to the global pandemic are pursuing four main strategies.

1. Prioritize people.

2. Make megatrends matter.

3. Build resilience to accelerated change.

4. Champion multistakeholder capitalism.





Law goes techie?

https://www.bespacific.com/fireman-company-releases-white-paper-on-pacerpro-usage-data-with-21-major-law-firms/

Fireman & Company releases white paper on PacerPro usage data with 21 major law firms

PRNewswie PacerPro, a leading provider of workflow automation and experience capture services for US federal court litigation is pleased to announce that Fireman & Company has published a white paper covering usage and ROI data for 21 of its major AMLaw 100 and leading litigation boutique firms. Firms participating in the white paper include:

As advisors, it’s our job to help the industry understand the tools and technology available using concrete metrics. Thanks to the willingness of PacerPro’s clients to share their usage data publicly, we have been able to produce a report that quantifies in straightforward, easy to understand terms, actual impact of an automation and experience capture tool in wide use among US law firms. Our hope is that more firms will follow the example set by these firms with other services to help create a more robust, transparent legal technology market.” Joshua Fireman, Fireman & Company.




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