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Clockwise from top left: Aruna Viswanatha, The Wall Street Journal; Luke Dembosky, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Adam Hickey, U.S. Justice Department; and Tonya Ugoretz, FBI Cyber Division; at RSA Conference 2021
Since the supply chain attack that targeted SolarWinds and its customers was uncovered in December 2020, some members of Congress have been pushing for a nationwide data breach notification law.
What would a U.S. data breach notification law require? In a Tuesday panel discussion at RSA Conference 2021, officials with the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, along with a legal expert, debated what such a law might include.
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Apple and Microsoft s rivalry had cooled - but now it s back and more intense
By Bloomberg
By Mark Gurman
At a virtual product launch in November for Apple s Mac reboot, actor John Hodgman appeared in a nerdy, ill-fitting suit before a white backdrop. Stop, hang on, wait, one more thing, hi, I m a PC, he said, reprising the popular Mac vs. PC television commercials of a decade ago that not so subtly telegraphed the idea that Apple was cool and Microsoft wasn t.
The event was held to let Mac fans know the new machines were getting a processor with more sizzle. But the subtext was unmistakable: Apple s old rivalry with Microsoft was back.
President Biden last February speaks publicly prior to signing an executive order on the economy. Three months later, he would sign yet another EO designed to improve the nation’s cyber posture. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)
President Joe Bidenâs Executive Order on Improving the Nationâs Cybersecurity proposes many ambitious goals, but among the most nebulous and challenging passages in the document is a section that calls for the revision and standardization of government contracts with IT and operational technology service providers in order to remove barriers to sharing threat information.
The EO points to contracts with IT and OT service providers to conduct “an array of day-to-day functions on federal information systems.” The order specifically points to cloud service providers as among the companies with access to and insight into cyber threat and incident information. At the same time, current contract terms or restrictions may limit the sharing o