A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revive US manufacturing of semiconductors and reduce the country’s reliance on foreign-made computer chips, will “sharply increase production” of semiconductors in the United States. But it will do so at a high cost and might not deliver the best bang for the … Read more
While the perception of overall severe weather risks varies significantly by region, 65 percent of the participants nationwide believed their home is at risk from thunderstorms, according to the new report, Catastrophic Weather Events and Mitigation: Survey of Homeowners by the Insurance Research Council (IRC), a division of The Institutes. Overall, this and other key … Read more
The growing number and diversity of connected devices in every industry present new challenges for organisations to understand and manage the risks they are exposed to. Most organisations now host a combination of interconnected IT, OT and IoT devices in their networks that has increased their attack surface. A Ponemon Institute study noted that 65% … Read more
Being an academic is a vocation. We are not in it for the money (hopefully), but mostly (hopefully) for the impact that we can make on our students’ and colleagues’ lives, as well as to contribute to the process of healthy law and policy-making. It is a job with lots of responsibility, joys, surprises and … Read more
The Microsoft Digital Defence Report sharply focuses on the scale and gravity of today’s cyber threat landscape. The report reveals a startling statistic: over 600 million cyber attacks are launched daily against organisations, critical infrastructure, and individuals worldwide. As cyber criminal syndicates and nation-states increasingly unite, the sophistication and volume of cyber attacks have soared. … Read more
