Posts Tagged: "Edward Snowden"

What Does GDPR Mean for Your Business?

It has been a big last couple of years for the European Union in the political and business spectrums; what with Brexit and changes to the cybersecurity paradigm. The latter, in particular, will see even bigger changes once the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes instantiated into law. The scope of this initiative is as broad as it comes, and will alter how business is done in technology, cybersecurity, marketing and even human resources… GDPR takes measures to ensure that EU citizens have individual rights exceeding any claims made by any company that deals with collecting, processing or storing their data; as such, there are guidelines that cover how an organization should properly track all such information in order to facilitate compliance checks.

Can better facial recognition technology prevent the next ISIL attack?

Facial recognition technologies often raise privacy concerns, but as it becomes more reliable and accurate it can also identify suspicious persons before they are able to execute an attack. Research taking place at Old Dominion is also leading to better prototypes for facial recognition technologies that can recognize terrorists before they enter the country. A project funded by the DoD has been looking into ways to improve facial recognition technologies for use at vulnerable locations like airports and sports stadiums.