05 Jan 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 01/05/2021

20 years of tech with Jeff: From green iMacs and DVDs to the iPhone era My stint started in 2000 – I began at USA TODAY earlier, covering entertainment – when we spent a lot of time talking about the big three tech companies: AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft. AOL had just shocked the world by buying Time Warner for $165 billion. (You know how well that turned out. But I digress.) We did use computers, yes indeed,…
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22 Jul 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 7/22/2020

Tech Firms Begin to Abandon Hong Kong Over Security Law China’s sweeping national security law has forced technology firms to reconsider their presence in Hong Kong. The nimblest among them -- the city’s startups -- are already moving data and people out or are devising plans to do so. Beijing’s polarizing law, which took effect this month, upended Hong Kong’s tech scene just as it seemed on a path to becoming a regional hub. Entrepreneurs…
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28 May 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 5/28/2020

COVID-19: WEF says cybersecurity measures no longer theoretical 'nice-to-haves' for businesses With COVID-19 pandemic having forced individuals, organizations and the global economy to become more reliant on the internet and digital ways of doing business, an urgent action plan is required to deal with possible cyber attacks and data frauds, a WEF study said on Tuesday. 'COVID-19 is confronting every organization with limits of its ability to learn and change in an environment where speed…
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