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Given the tech industry's poor track record of protecting users data and controlling its environmental impact, regulators around the globe are stepping into the void. The policy issues run the gamut from spectrum sharing to data and privacy to the greening of the telecom industry as a whole.
The 10 top trends that will drive the most significant technological upheavals this year have been identified by Access Partnership. "Shifts in tech policy will disrupt life for everyone. While some governments try to leverage the benefits of 5G, artificial intelligence, and IoT, others find reasons simply to confront Big Tech ranging from protectionism to climate urgency."
Stopping software updates for legacy kit is nothing new, but it's the way the company has done it that has Sonos customers' hackles up. Sonos points out that it supports software updates on products for at least five years after it stops selling them.
Information Technology spending by Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agencies will continue to grow as they work to keep pace with the evolution of both the threat landscape and technology development, according to Deltek. IT solutions such as cloud computing, modern data management, big data, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence are in high demand by intelligence agencies with increasingly complex national security missions.
Google's Project Zero bug-hunting team has tweaked its 90-day responsible disclosure policy to help improve the quality and adoption of vendor patches. The vendor then has 90 days to fix the bug before Project Zero lifts the veil.
DPOs play a pivotal role in an organization's data management health and are required to report directly to the highest level of management. Some tasks that fall under the DPO role include advising on issues around data protection impact assessments, training, overseeing the accuracy of data mapping and responding to data subject access requests.
The more notable part of the announcement is Project Zero's decision to wait to disclose bug details until 90 days elapses, even if a patch becomes available before then. "For the last five years, the team has used its vulnerability disclosure policy to focus on one primary goal: Faster patch development," explained Willis, in a posting on Tuesday on the policy changes.
Google's Project Zero has updated its vulnerability disclosure policy to keep bug reports closed for 90 days, regardless of whether a patch is out before the deadline or not. The goal of this new policy, Google Project Zero's Tim Willis notes, goes beyond just attempting to speed up patching: thorough patch development and improved patch adoption are also a focus.
People rely on usernames and passwords to identify themselves to machines so they can gain access to data and services. Machines also need to authenticate themselves to each other so they can...
Does Facebook continue to track the locations of its users even when they’ve told it not to? Yes!