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Cyber risks management
Is the Human Resources Department in the Blind Spot of Cybersecurity? (by Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, Secretary to the FIC Advisory Board)
From FIC 2019 to PWC and Kaspersky —to mention only the most recent sources— it is now widely acknowledged that the techno-centric approach to cybersecurity has had its day. According to Deloitte, 63% of security incidents within a company are linked to a malicious action or to an error made by an employee. It is therefore...
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Cybercrime
Law No. 2018-1202 of 22 December 2018 on combating the manipulation of information (By General Marc Watin-Augouard, Founder of the FIC)
The law announced by President Macron during his New Year speech to the press on 3 January 2017 has been promulgated following consideration by the Constitutional Council. The Council Members (‘Sages’) declared that the text was in conformity with the Constitution (Decision No. 2018-773 DC of 20 December 2018). Their only reservation was to limit its application to information that is...
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Digital Transformation
How are your Emotions Manipulated through Social Networks? (by Guy Philippe Goldstein)
In this podcast (in French), cybersecurity expert Guy Philippe Goldstein explains why social networks should be used with care and why we should better monitor our private data online.
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FIC Tech
Securing Our Communications: From Email to WhatsApp and Beyond (By Thomas Baignères and Matthieu Finiasz, OLVID)
When Ray Tomlinson sent “QWERTYUIOP” over the ARPANET in July 1971, he probably did not suspect that this would be the beginning of a communication system that would be used by billions of people for more than 40 years. Today, six billion addresses exchange more than 150 million emails every minute (two out of three of which are of a dubious...
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Homeland security and Defense
An overview of the European Union’s current strategies, policies and concepts on cyber (by Caitríona Heinl, EXEDEC)
The first EU-Singapore Security Think Tank Dialogue was held in Singapore at the end of January at the initiative of the EU Delegation to Singapore in order to promote greater EU-Singapore political and security cooperation . Three policy areas were chosen for discussion, namely maritime security, cybersecurity, and counter-terrorism. While cyber-related questions also cut across maritime...
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Legal Issues
Cybersecurity is forcing a rethink of strategic autonomy (By Paul Timmers, Oxford University)
Just a few days ago, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker presented his 2018 State of the Union speech with the title “The Hour of European Sovereignty”. In the speech, he argues that the time has come for the EU “to become more autonomous and live up to our global responsibilities”. The question is how to make...
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Operational security
Securing Our Communications: From Email to WhatsApp and Beyond (By Thomas Baignères and Matthieu Finiasz, OLVID)
When Ray Tomlinson sent “QWERTYUIOP” over the ARPANET in July 1971, he probably did not suspect that this would be the beginning of a communication system that would be used by billions of people for more than 40 years. Today, six billion addresses exchange more than 150 million emails every minute (two out of three of which are of a dubious...
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Sector-based Approaches
Artificial Intelligence: A “Game Changer” for Cyber Defence (by Guillaume Tissier, CEIS)
Humans are unable to single-handedly deal with cyber attacks. This is the view shared by cybersecurity professionals. There are several reasons to this: the volume of attacks, their constant mutations, the speed of reaction they require, and the lack of expertise on the market. Artificial intelligence (AI), already widely used in fraud prevention, increasingly...
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