Tom Uren

6 days ago | risky.biz | Tom Uren

Sponsored: The geopolitics of trust Presented by Tom Uren Policy & Intelligence In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview Fletcher Heisler, CEO of Authentik, talks to Tom Uren about the inflection points that make organisations consider rationalising their Identity Providers (IdPs). The pair also discuss sovereign tech stacks and how to earn the trust of customers. Your browser does not support the audio element.

1 week ago | lawfaremedia.org | Tom Uren

Data Brokers Are a Killer's Best FriendA Minnesota man has allegedly used people search services to locate, stalk, and eventually murder political targets. The alleged shooter, Vance Boelter, is accused of killing Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, on Saturday night. He is also facing charges for shooting Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, earlier that night. Both Hoffman and his wife survived with multiple gunshot wounds.

1 week ago | news.risky.biz | Tom Uren

Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Patrick Gray. It's supported by Lawfare with help from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This week's edition is sponsored by enterprise browser maker Island. You can hear a podcast discussion of this newsletter by searching for "Risky Business News" in your podcatcher or subscribing via this RSS feed.

1 week ago | risky.biz | Tom Uren

Sponsored: Hardening the browser Presented by Tom Uren Policy & Intelligence In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview Michael Leland, Field CTO of Island, talks about how Island manages risks from extensions, phishing and infostealers. Even when credentials are stolen, it is still not game over and there are still ways to prevent data loss and breaches. Your browser does not support the audio element. Sponsored: Hardening the browser 0:00 / 12:42

2 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Tom Uren

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Trump Scales Back Biden's Product Security Demands An executive order signed by President Trump has scaled back the U.S. government's cybersecurity ambitions. It has dropped a range of provisions that would encourage organizations to adopt more stringent security standards. The order largely takes aim at directives issued in January of this year by then-President Biden.