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Center for Internet Security: 18 security controls you need

Network World

The Center for Internet Security has updated its set of safeguards for warding off the five most common types of attacks facing enterprise networks—web-application hacking, insider and privilege misuse, malware, ransomware, and targeted intrusions. To read this article in full, please click here

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Comcast to raise internet and TV prices nationwide next year

The Verge

If you’re a Comcast TV and internet user, prepare for price hikes. The company is planning to increase the prices of a variety of services starting January 1st, 2021, according to Ars Technica and a document detailing the various price increases being shared on Reddit. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Federal courts go low-tech for sensitive documents following SolarWinds hack

The Verge

It’s worried enough that court workers will now have to physically deliver sensitive documents, despite the ongoing pandemic. They can no longer just send them through the internet; they’ll have to hand-deliver actual paper or USB sticks.

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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded over the last decade as states seek to stifle dissent and protest by limiting citizens’ access to the web. The first significant internet shutdown took place in Egypt in 2011, as a response to protests against then-president Hosni Mubarak. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge.

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The Legal Challenges of the Internet of Things

CTOvision

The problem is, it is easier than ever for manufacturers to integrate data storage, but oftentimes the privacy and legal repercussions of the Internet of Things (IoT) are not considered. Here are a few legal aspects for businesses to consider when it comes to the Internet of Things. Internet-connected devices pose a challenge.

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DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

Because of its general nature and inherent support for self-sovereign relationships, DIDComm provides a basis for a self-sovereign internet much more private, enabling, and flexible than the one we've built using Web 2.0 When Alice places an X in a square in the game interface, her agent looks up Bob's DID Document. technologies.

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Google is trying to test a secret 6GHz network in 17 different states

The Verge

Google is trying to secretly test a 6GHz network in 17 different states, according to a batch of FCC filings spotted by Business Insider. Beyond that, there’s not a lot we can tell from these documents — and there are a lot of possibilities for what Google might want with that 6GHz spectrum. Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge.

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