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White House plan to implement cyber strategy includes ambitious digital education effort
CyberScoop: In March, the White House unveiled a comprehensive national cyber security strategy that details their approach to enhancing collaboration between the public and private sectors. This strategy aims to bolster our defenses against hackers and fortify our systems. The complete implementation plan is set to be finalized this summer and comprises four key pillars: providing all Americans with essential cyber skills, transforming cyber education, expanding the national cyber workforce, and bolstering the federal cyber workforce. Furthermore, the administration is anticipated to release a national cyber workforce strategy in the near future.

Nationwide push to require social media age verification raises questions about privacy, industry standards
CyberScoop: Some lawmakers in Washington are pushing for age verification measures to protect children from online harms, but experts warn of risks associated with implementing such technology. Utah and Arkansas have already passed laws requiring social media companies to verify user ages, with other states considering similar legislation. A bipartisan group of senators also introduced a bill mandating age verification to keep users under 13 off social media and requiring parental approval for users aged 13 to 17. However, experts argue that fool-proof age verification technology does not exist, and implementing such measures could introduce new privacy risks and incentivize companies to collect more data on children.

Toyota: Car location data of 2 million customers exposed for ten years
Bleeping Computer: Toyota has announced a data breach that exposed the car-location information of 2.15 million customers over a ten-year period. The breach occurred due to a misconfiguration of the company’s cloud environment, allowing unauthorized access without a password. The affected customers had used Toyota’s T-Connect G-Link, G-Link Lite, or G-BOOK services between January 2012 and April 2023. While there is no evidence of misuse, unauthorized individuals could have accessed historical data and potentially real-time locations of Toyota cars. Additionally, the breach may have exposed video recordings taken outside the vehicle between November 2016 and April 2023.

2 Stats You Should Know

82% of employees are worried about hackers using generative AI to create scam emails which are indistinguishable from genuine communication. (source)

Smart speakers, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, can accidentally activate up to 19 times a day, potentially recording and transmitting private conversations. (source)

1 More Thing

TalPoint recently conducted a survey on AI and security and below are some key findings. Our founder recently penned a blog post on this topic. Here are a few interesting data points from the survey results.

1. The majority of respondents agree that AI will fundamentally change how Information Security work is performed.
2. Use of AI will require rewriting key information security policies according to some respondents
3. Respondents also mentioned concerns about the maturity of the technology and the quality of AI work.
4. Respondents shared a laundry list of ways that AI will disintermediate the way security work is currently done.

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