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Now, it appears that internet access is emerging as a new and troublesome determinant of health. This appears to be particularly true for underresourced racial and ethnic minority communities and aging populations.
By GCN Staff Feb 08, 2021 To ensure that contact tracing apps protect users’ security, privacy and civil liberties, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has tapped a startup to develop app testing and validation services. AppCensus, based in El Cerrito, Calif., already has a platform for at-scale analysis of mobile apps’ runtime behaviors and their security and privacy risks. The $198,600 Phase 1 award will allow the company to adapt its system to test Android and iOS contract tracing apps and publicly post the results, including descriptions and sen...
By Saimon Michelson Feb 08, 2021 The SolarWinds attack is already being described as one of the worst cyber-espionage cases in history. This massive hack has compromised local, state and federal agencies in the U.S., as well as the European Parliament and NATO. The sweeping impact of this data breach, which keeps broadening as new information emerges, is a shrill wake-up call for government organizations to rethink their data protection strategies. Anatomy of the SolarWinds attack In March 2020, attackers injected a malicious Trojan into an update of the SolarWinds Orion IT infrastructure ...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published requirements that can help organizations protect controlled unclassified information against nation-state backed threats.
Starting this summer, the National Institute of Standards and Technology will begin to automate delivery of revisions to Special Publication 800-53.