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Mastercard preps for the post-quantum cybersecurity threat

CIO

Such a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) could deliver a devastating impact to global cybersecurity protocols. To prepare for this worst-case scenario, Mastercard launched its Quantum Security and Communications project, which earned the company a 2023 US CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership. Miller agrees.

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Eclypsium lands $25M to secure the device supply chain

TechCrunch

As the enterprise device supply chain grows increasingly global and fragmented, it’s becoming more challenging for organizations to secure their hardware and software from suppliers. Eclypsium’s cloud management dashboard Image Credits: Eclypsium.

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An open letter to tech workers about careers in public service

TechCrunch

Camille Stewart Contributor Share on Twitter Camille Stewart is the White House Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology and Ecosystem Security. For me (Camille), accepting an appointment to be part of the team starting a cyber policy office at the United States Department of Homeland Security changed my career trajectory.

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We’ve Got Next: Building the “Next” in CyberSecurity

Palo Alto Networks

The term “We’ve Got Next” responds to a critical need in cybersecurity in this moment: being ready for the next challenge, the next threat and the next opportunity. We believe We’ve Got Next because we are at the beginning of an exciting journey to rebuild cybersecurity for the coming decades. But, We’ve Got Next is more than that.

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Open source the secret sauce in secure, affordable voting tech

The Parallax

SAN FRANCISCO—The fastest, most cost-effective way to secure direct-record electronic voting machines in the United States, according to cybersecurity experts, is to stop using them. Experts disagree on how to secure absentee votes. Context Conversations preview: Election security. Why current funding to secure U.S.

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Panera Bread’s feckless security puts consumers at risk

The Parallax

Security researcher Dylan Houlihan says he notified Panera Bread, a chain of more than 2,000 stores in the United States, of a website vulnerability in August 2017. How to attack security issues like Google and Microsoft just did. Not extortion. Bug bounties break out beyond tech. The dark side of bug bounties. ”—Rep.

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Freshly (un)retired, Gary McGraw takes on machine-learning security (Q&A)

The Parallax

Kasparov talks calculated odds, AI, and cybersecurity (Q&A). But how can Serval and his team be sure that the underlying implementation of TensorFlow Lite is secure enough to resist hacker interference and manipulation? Q: Why is securing machine learning important? How can your research help secure proprietary algorithms?