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Cyber risks management
RSSI/CISO: THE ‘SWISS ARMY KNIFE’ OF CYBERSECURITY! (by Delphine Chevallier, DG, Thalia NeoMedia)
Summary of roundtable discussion facilitated by Delphine Chevallier, DG, Thalia NeoMedia, during FIC2020 on Wednesday 19th January 2020.
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Cybercrime
Coronavirus and Cyberattacks: the Government Threat of North Korea {Lexfo}
The hacking of the AP-HP hospital group in Paris, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, is reminiscent of one of the most bitter cybercrime laws: as in nature, cyberattackers always favour the weakest or most fragile link. While these crimes fuel the imagination of the hooded cyber offender, our political leaders would do well to...
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Digital Transformation
Tracing, not Tracking (Général Watin-Augouard)
From tracking to tracing: one letter less seems to make a huge difference. In truth, the gap is wide open! On the one hand, geolocation tracking of people, with a profound invasion of privacy; on the other hand, the desire to reconcile freedom and health security, two principles of constitutional value. Recently, we quite rightly criticised...
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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
Coronavirus and Cyberattacks: the Government Threat of North Korea {Lexfo}
The hacking of the AP-HP hospital group in Paris, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, is reminiscent of one of the most bitter cybercrime laws: as in nature, cyberattackers always favour the weakest or most fragile link. While these crimes fuel the imagination of the hooded cyber offender, our political leaders would do well to...
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Legal Issues
Tracing, not Tracking (Général Watin-Augouard)
From tracking to tracing: one letter less seems to make a huge difference. In truth, the gap is wide open! On the one hand, geolocation tracking of people, with a profound invasion of privacy; on the other hand, the desire to reconcile freedom and health security, two principles of constitutional value. Recently, we quite rightly criticised...
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Operational security
Continuous Improvement: How do Counterproductive Routines Linger On In Security “best practices”? (by Gilles Favier))
Introduction 2020 – X.0 security has not solved the password issue. The “LCR Policy” (for minimum Length, Complexity, and Regular Renewal), intuitive though it may be, persists despite findings that challenge it. Have we measured its effectiveness? Given the findings, what are the solutions? And most importantly, what are the behavioural factors that contribute to...
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Sector-based Approaches
Digital Identity: Europe vs. the United States of America: The Game is not Over (by André Viau, co-founder of the ID Forum)
It is to be hoped that, in a few months’ time, the French Government will announce the measures it intends to adopt to provide citizens with a sovereign digital identity. In light of the experience gained, the preparatory work and the initiatives taken—from France Connect to Alicem—it is likely that these decisions will put an...
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