Creation of a Health Data Agency in Belgium – A key agency for the future European Health Data Space – Technologist

The Role of the Belgian Health Data Agency The Belgian Health Data Agency (“HDA”) was established by the Law of 14 March 2023, which became effective on 13 April 2023. The Belgian HDA was, however, only officially launched on 17 January 2024. The Belgian HDA intends to facilitate the secondary use of health data and … Read more

Study: Cybersecurity skills shortages lower in Asia-Pacific – Technologist

What is the impact of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in staffing for cybersecurity functions? A survey conducted by the Seattle-based cyber intelligence provider DomainTools, in conjunction with the Ponemon Institute, sought to answer this question by polling 1,400 security professionals based across the Asia Pacific (APAC), US, and the UK. All respondents in the … Read more

Separating Cyber Security Budget & IT Support Budget – Technologist

As a business, you’re likely to have physical security measures in place such as alarms on your premises, surveillance systems and water-tight insurance policies. While these are required to keep your tangible assets safe, a cyber security budget also needs to be considered to protect the technical aspects of your business. According to statistics, 85% … Read more

Arm demonstrates test chip and board for highly secure IoT designs – Technologist

British multinational semiconductor and software design company Arm has demonstrated the first internet of things (IoT) test chip and development board, which it says is designed to offer more choice to IoT designers in system-on-chip (SoC) development. Developed in collaboration with Samsung Foundry, Cadence, and Sondrel, the test chip is a 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) … Read more

Corporate Transparency Act declared unconstitutional in Alabama federal court – Technologist

On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the United States District Court in the Northern District of Alabama issued a ruling that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)’s reporting requirements exceeded the Constitutional limits on Congress’ power and lacked a sufficient nexus to any enumerated power. In granting the plaintiffs’ motion for final declaratory … Read more

Bad news: IIoT accelerates evolving cyber threat horizon – Technologist

Developments within the Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem have significantly enhancing the digital and connectivity capabilities of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) across multiple verticals including manufacturing, oil and gas, critical infrastructure, and nuclear power. This has opened the floodgates to serious cybersecurity risks, threatening to cause billions of dollars in … Read more