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Digital forensics plays a crucial role in analyzing and addressing cyberattacks, and it's a key component of incident response. Digital forensics provides vital information for auditors, legal teams, and law enforcement agencies in the aftermath of an attack.
The Reserve Bank of India announced on Thursday it would make its digital currency programmable, and ensure it can be exchanged when citizens are offline. Indian media report that governor Shaktikanta Das outlined scenarios for the programmable digital rupee, including allowing government agencies to ensure payments to citizens are only used for defined benefits.
Schroader talks about the impact of exponential data growth on forensic practices, the role of AI in optimizing investigations, and emphasizes the need for professionals to adapt to the changing dynamics of digital investigations, along with cross-education in related fields. With the exponential growth in data volume, how do digital forensic experts manage and analyze large datasets effectively?
How can organizations balance the need for robust digital asset protection with the drive for business innovation and agility? To best integrate digital assets in your business, it's crucial to integrate your digital asset management solution with your IT systems.
The result is that digital nomads come across systems for identity verification more often than most people do. Identity verification of digital nomads can be a tricky task for many businesses as their established processes are not designed for such a large variety of foreign IDs, and thus require revamping.
Tsurugi Linux is a heavily customized open-source distribution focused on supporting DFIR investigations. The project focuses mainly on live forensics analysis, post-mortem analysis, and digital evidence acquisition.
Digital nomads are expressing the most frustration when interacting with organizations offering services in the United States, according to Regula. The most painful verification processes for nomads in the USA are linked to specific stages: crossing the border, checking into a hotel, renting accommodations, activating a new mobile phone or SIM card, and securing a rental car.
Australia is about to get a national online ID system - the Digital ID - which promises to improve the security and privacy of data online. The Digital ID is the cumulation of a five-year, AUD $200 million investment as an effort to alleviate security concerns over the amount of data Australians give to companies to prove who they are online.
Big incidents will be BIG. High-visibility attacks will continue to be rare, but when they occur, they will be major news, with massive implications for customers and even wider society, depending on the organization affected. Unlike the indiscriminate "Spray-and-pray" attacks we used to be so afraid of, bad actors will shift their attention to building sophisticated campaigns to take down high-value targets that are more financially rewarding for them.
"Attacks targeting external vendors and partners are a constant threat," said Joel Molinoff, BlueVoyant's global head of Supply Chain Defense. "Our data suggests that the scope of the problem is increasing, with more enterprise vendors and suppliers falling prey to cyber attacks. Enterprises recognize the issue but the standard approach to third-party risk management is proving inadequate. Companies now need to focus energies on methods that proactively illuminate and reduce supply chain risk."