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Feb 18, 2021 09:19 AM EST
The world of cybersecurity is a messy one. In truth, hacks and breaches are happening all the time, but if you re a business with good cybersecurity on your side, you don t even notice. Breaches and attempted hacks are immediately seen and can be blocked, patched, fixed, and learned from so that they no longer pose a threat moving forward.
Unfortunately, one of the most serious types of security issues is a bit harder to detect and poses a much bigger threat: Zero-day attacks.
What is a zero-day attack? A zero-day is the first day of a cyberattack using a previously unknown vulnerability in a piece of software, says Don Baham of Kraft Technology Group. The vulnerability or exploit was not previously known (or disclosed) by the software vendor or others in the security ecosystem.
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A significant privacy bill will be on Congress s agenda during the next two years, with privacy-focused Democrats holding thin majorities in both the House and the Senate.
While privacy legislation will take a back seat early this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers and privacy experts expect to see a significant push for legislation that would give consumers more control over how companies share their data, particularly over the internet.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, introduced privacy legislation in late 2019. She will take over as chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, where privacy bills are debated. Her 2019 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act would have given consumers the ability to prohibit companies from sharing their data with third parties. It would have required companies that hold personal data to check for security vulnerabilities and take preve