This is a contributed article by Ben Carr, Chief Information Security Officer, Qualys.
The role of CISO is changing as security is treated less and less as a silo. Businesses are starting to see that in order to protect their organisation they need a true business leader in the role. In an unprecedented year, the CISO has had to make many decisions very quickly that both align with the business while maintaining good risk tolerance and policy.
This is unlikely to change in 2021, where they will face budget stress, new risks and a new work economy. For CISOs, what will 2021 hold, and where should they put their efforts to have the most impact?
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On December 14, 2020, in response to Turkey’s procurement of the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia in 2019, the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) and four of its officers pursuant to the CAATSA sanctions provisions enacted by Congress against Russia in 2017. This follows Congressional approval of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2021 by a veto-proof majority on December 11, 2020, which includes specific provisions to compel the imposition of the new sanctions measures.
The European Union separately has also recently adopted new sanctions against Turkey in connection with disputed Turkish drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
US Sanctions Belarus Deputy Interior Minister, Election Commission - Treasury Wed 23rd December 2020 | 11:04 PM
The United States has imposed economic sanctions on the Belarus Deputy Interior Minister Gennady Kazakevich, the country s Central Election Commission as well as on law enforcement units for their role in the presidential election and the subsequent crackdown on opposition protesters, the US Department of the Treasury announced on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd December, 2020) The United States has imposed economic sanctions on the Belarus Deputy Interior Minister Gennady Kazakevich, the country s Central Election Commission as well as on law enforcement units for their role in the presidential election and the subsequent crackdown on opposition protesters, the US Department of the Treasury announced on Wednesday.
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On December 2, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a Withhold Release Order (“WRO”) against cotton products made by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (“XPCC”) or any of its affiliates (collectively, “XPCC”) because those Chinese entities are viewed as relying on the use of forced labor from Uyghur or other minority Muslim groups in Xinjiang. This new WRO could affect a significant share of all U.S. textile imports from the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) and possibly other cotton products from non-Chinese sources that are made from cotton or cotton items originating with XPCC, thus reverberating widely within the textile and apparel industries. It could also affect many U.S. retailers and consumers because XPCC reportedly accounts for about one-third of Xinjiang’s cotton and cotton goods production, and Xinjiang, located in the northwest corner of the PRC, pro
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