The Commerce and Energy Committee has voted to send the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) to the House, but not without some changes.
For the changes in the
Continue Reading The American Data Privacy and Protection Act Is Now on the House Floor. How Has It Changed?In the wake of the UK A-Level algorithm fallout, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a report, for public comment, on the Four Principles of
Continue Reading NIST Report Addresses the Four Principles of Explainable Artificial Intelligence
“Whenever there is no clear guidance under the GDPR on how to obtain certain security objectives, it certainly seems wiser and more rational to use existing solutions provided by NIST
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Could the voluntary National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Privacy Framework help avoid missed connections in privacy, forestalling the next data breach or privacy scandal by baking data protection into
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In February 2013, President Obama issued his Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity executive order, which presented a plan to decrease the risk of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was charged with creating the plan, which became known as the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework). The NIST worked with over three thousand individuals and business organizations to create the Framework. The goal of the Framework is to help businesses develop cybersecurity programs within their organizations and to create industry standards for dealing with cybersecurity issues.
Continue Reading A Brief Primer on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework