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Supreme Court Weighs Cloud Against Decades-old Legislation

Articles & Blog, GovernmentBy Ryan M. Pierson February 28, 2018 Leave a comment

In a rare instance of the Supreme Court weighing in on technology issues, the Justices heard oral arguments in United States v. Microsoft Tuesday over issues related to digital privacy, the cloud, and enforcement of U.S. law abroad. The case in question surrounds a legal dispute that started in 2013. Federal investigators working on a…

Report: UK Firms Lack Cloud Security Policy

Articles & Blog, GovernmentBy Ryan M. Pierson February 6, 2018 Leave a comment

A recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, on commission by security firm Gemalto, found that only 35% of British organizations secure confidential information stored in the cloud. This is in sharp contrast to the United States (51%) and Germany (61%). The study, which surveyed more than 3,200 IT and IT security practitioners worldwide, determined…