EU Data Protection and Policy: Considering Artificial Intelligence
As AI gains strategic importance, it is essential to shape global rules for its development and use. In promoting the development and uptake of AI, the European Commission has opted…
Implications for eDiscovery? The 2019 Internet Trends Report from Mary Meeker
Want to understand the most valuable tech stats and trends? Legendary venture capitalist Mary Meeker has just released the 2019 version of her famous Internet Trends report. This year it…
Blockchain and Digital Evidence Sharing, Security, and Verification
It is challenging for existing digital evidence recording and storage technologies to outperform blockchain’s robust and secure offering. With this in mind, the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) community…
A Brave New World? A New Blockchain Browser is Resetting the Boundaries for Online Privacy and Advertising
Brave is an open-source, privacy-centered browser designed to block trackers and malware. It leverages blockchain technology to anonymously track user attention securely and rewards publishers accordingly. And it may change…
Weaponizing Security? The Emerging Role of the CISO in eDiscovery
The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is becoming the norm in eDiscovery companies as these companies grow their client base and venture into compliance and data breach…
A Security Cause to Pause: The Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) Vulnerability
A new group of Intel vulnerabilities, collectively called Microarchitecture Data Sampling (MDS), were disclosed last week. The vulnerabilities allow attackers to steal data as processes run on most machines using…
BSA Releases Framework for Secure Software
The BSA Framework for Secure Software tackles complex security challenges through an adaptable and outcome-focused approach that is risk-based, cost-effective, and repeatable. The Framework describes baseline security outcomes across the…
A Practical and Looming Danger? SHA-1 Collision Attacks
The work that Thomas Peyrin and his colleague, Gaetan Leurent, have done goes far beyond just proving SHA-1 chosen-prefix collision attacks are theoretically possible. They show that such attacks are…
Data Security and Acquisitions: Finding the Problem Before You Own It
When an acquirer does not protect itself against a data lemon and seek sufficient information about the target’s data privacy and security compliance, the acquirer may be left with a…
Law Enforcement, Digital Data, and Mobile Devices
In 2017, global mobile devices and connections grew to 8.6 billion, and it is estimated that global mobile device traffic will reach almost one zettabyte annually by 2022. These mobile-centric…
