Ariana Issaias reports: On 16 November 2020, Ms Immaculate Kassait took her oath of office as Kenya’s first Data Protection Commissioner as appointed by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary. Commissioner Kassait, MBS, was formerly a Director at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in charge of Voter Education, Partnerships and Communications. Under the Data…
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Happy Thanksgiving
2020 has been so brutal that it feels almost risky to wish people a Happy Thanksgiving because I know that there are families who have lost loved ones this year and other families who are heeding advice not to travel or to gather in the large get-togethers you might otherwise enjoy on this holiday. Whether…
Top 200 most common passwords of the year 2020
Courtesy of NordPass: Here are the worst 200 passwords of 2020. The list details how many times a password has been exposed, used, and how much time it would take to crack it. We also compare the worst passwords of 2019 and 2020, highlighting how their positions have changed. The green arrows indicate a rise…
New Report Finds That Criminals Leverage AI for Malicious Use – And It’s Not Just Deep Fakes
The following is press release from Europol: Europol, UNICRI and Trend Micro uncover current and future threats of AI and how to combat them A jointly developed new report by Europol, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and Trend Micro looking into current and predicted criminal uses of artificial intelligence (AI)…