The US Justice Department has unveiled an initiative designed to counter the practice of foreign governments acquiring US citizens’ sensitive personal data. The new Data Security Program establishes “export controls” that prevent foreign adversaries from accessing US government-related data and bulk genomic, geolocation, biometric, health, financial and other sensitive personal data. The plan further implements an executive order published under the Biden administration in February 2024. This order was designed to counter the threat of nation-states…

Moreover, they’re reporting that the executive drive for all things AI has them recalibrating their IT project agenda, prioritizing AI spending while bumping other items down or even off the to-do list. “Budgets are finite, and because AI investments are an imperative for CEOs, the boards, and CIOs to support the business functions, AI shrinks the dollars available for other initiatives and so the line on priorities is being drawn differently,” says Dhaval Moogimane, who…

The key value of MCP is bringing together multiple tools, LLMs, and data sources, allowing autonomous agents to provide answers and solutions to real-world problems. The ease of discoverability of these resources in near real time is another challenge. Google solved the problem of locating information on the web 25 years ago through its indexing and PageRank algorithm. As users flocked to the search engine, website owners optimized their content for greater visibility, bending much…

Technology industry players have voted to reduce the maximum validity term of SSL/TLS certificates to 47 days by 2029, in a bid to enhance digital security. The CA/Browser Forum ballot result will impact all businesses with a website, meaning they must replace their public TLS certificates more frequently than the current maximum of 398 days. On March 15 2026, the TLS certificate lifespan will shrink to 200 days, then a year after that to 100…

A recent survey found IT compensation satisfaction has hit a record low, with relatively few IT workers saying they are satisfied with their pay. Industry observers, however, suggest the issue might not be entirely about money, leaving CIOs with options for boosting morale on thin budgets. In its latest IT salary survey, tech careers site Dice found IT worker compensation satisfaction has recently plunged, “with only 41% of tech professionals reporting they were either ‘very’…

Developers relying on large language models (LLMs) to build code could unwittingly be exposing themselves to a new type of supply chain attack, security experts have warned. “Slopsquatting” was first coined by Python Software Foundation (PSF) developer in residence, Seth Larson, according to cybersecurity vendor Socket. It’s a play on “typosquatting,” a popular tactic used by threat actors for phishing campaigns, where they register slightly misspelled versions of legitimate domains. In this new take, a…