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Senate Bill Creates DHS Threat Hunting Teams

The Senate has passed a measure that creates threat hunting and response teams to help government agencies and enterprises respond to major cybersecurity incidents.

Government, Ransomware

‘We Have to Stop Selling Fear’

CISA Director Christopher Krebs urged the security community to move past selling based on fear.

Government

Working Group Attempts Consensus on Encryption, Lawful Access

The "debate" over how law enforcement can have lawful access to encrypted messages is anything but civil. The Encryption Working Group attempted to find common ground and made some proposals, but no agreement on how messages can be viewed without undermining encryption.

Encryption, Government

Georgia Supreme Court Considers When Data Breach Victims Can Sue

The Georgia Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether data breach victims have to wait for actual fraud or theft to happen before they can sue to recover the costs spent protecting themselves after a data breach.

Data Breaches, Legal, Government

Government Targets Encrypted Messaging Apps in Going Dark Argument

Law enforcement officials and lawmakers asking the technology industry to provide backdoors into encryption products is not anything new, but U.S. Attorney General William Barr did something past officials hadn't done before: Barr specified that the backdoors and workarounds should be in encrypted messaging apps.

Government, Encryption, End to End Encryption