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Apple | January 30, 2020

Less than three weeks after quietly acquiring artificial intelligence company Xnor.ai, Apple has swiftly canceled the company’s preexisting contract with the Pentagon that would have seen its tech used in the controversial “Project Maven” military drone operation. That’s according to a report from The Information, citing a person familiar with the matter. Project Maven is the Pentagon’s initiative to use artificial intelligence to identify objects and targets of int...

White House | March 22, 2020

Over the weekend, the Trump administration published several memo of additional guidance for federal employees, contractors and agencies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Days after directing agencies and departments to offer “maximum telework flexibilities” for federal employees, the Office of Management and Budget updated its agency guidance regarding millions of federal contractors....

Mozilla | January 13, 2020

Those using the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser should update immediately, warns a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security alert. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within DHS, Mozilla last week released security updates to address a vulnerability in Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. The agency said users and administrators should review Mozilla’s security advisories for Firefox 72.0....

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Acalvio Technologies | April 21, 2022

Acalvio Technologies, the leader in cyber deception, announced that the FedRamp Ready ShadowPlex platform has been added to the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Approved Products List (APL). ShadowPlex enables government organizations to execute the three key aspects of adversarial engagement with operational efficiency: Detection: Rap...