News emerged during June of likely further delays to the publication of the third edition of ISO/IEC 27001, this time due to the need to re-align the main body clauses with ISO’s revised management systems template (specfically, the 2022 edition of the…
Bloomfield Robotics Wins Funding to Feed People on Earth and in Space
Akamai awarded Bloomfield Robotics $1M in cloud, compute, and security products to grow their AI business and help feed the world.
Shout, shout, let it all out
Here’s an insightful and enjoyable way to explore your psyche and vent a little tension at the end of a tough month, week or day.First, find yourself a private space to watch Tears for Fears.Now shout, shout, let it all out: what are the things you cou…
What are “information assets”?
Control 5.9 in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 recommends an inventory of information assets that should be “accurate, up to date, consistent and aligned with other inventories”. Fair enough, but what are ‘information assets’? What, exactly, are we suppo…
Authorised exemptions
Inspired by an exchange on the ISO27k Forum yesterday morning, I wrote and published a simple 2-page exemptions policy template for SecAware. In essence, after explaining what ‘exemptions’ are, the policy requires that they are authorised after du…
Leaky Access Tokens Exposed Amazon Photos of Users
Hackers with Amazon users’ authentication tokens could’ve stolen or encrypted personal photos and documents.
Space Force mulls new acquisition approach for next phase of medium, heavy launches
The Space Force hasn’t finalized its plans for Phase 3 of its National Security Space Launch program, but its new acquisition executive said this week it is considering the possibility of including more launch vehicle classes as part of the contract.
US Army awards $72 million for new phase in next-gen ground system effort
The Army awarded Palantir Technologies and Raytheon Technologies $36 million each to turn their TITAN designs into prototypes, and the service plans to choose a single provider at the end of the 14-month phase.
Akamai?s Observations of Confluence Zero Day (CVE-2022-26134)
The Atlassian Confluence vulnerability is here to stay. See Akamai’s research into the stats two weeks after the advisory was released.
How a town on Spain’s Costa Blanca became a Nazi retreat
Traditional wisdom tells us that many Nazis escaped to South America, but hundreds more also made Spain home following WWII with the help of fascist dictator Franco. The Valencian town of Dénia in particular hides a very dark past.