ACT | The App Association members develop the innovative solutions that will power the growth of the internet of things (IoT). While the rise of IoT holds great promise, it also raises security threats thanks to the increase in networked devices in a wide range of industries. Because of this, [...]
Hackers do not discriminate. They seek out technological vulnerabilities to access consumers’ most valuable data, regardless of where the consumer lives, or where their data may be accessed. Last year alone, more than 15 million Americans were the victims of identity theft. The boundaries of the cyberthreats they faced had [...]
A curious thing happened last week. A staggering number of the 7,800 encrypted devices the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI or Bureau) has deemed inaccessible are accessible after all. It turns out the number of inaccessible devices is actually somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 devices – a significant number, but [...]
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Supreme Court Justices will hear oral arguments in the ongoing United States v. Microsoft data privacy case. The case explores whether U.S. law enforcement can compel Microsoft, a U.S. company, to provide communications content stored on a server in Ireland. In our interconnected, cloud-enabled word, [...]
For more than a decade, Congress has tried to address the rampant occurrences of data breaches. Since the ChoicePoint breach in 2005, the House and Senate have introduced roughly 50 different pieces of legislation related to data security. None of them have been enacted into law. The reasons for this [...]
