Category:technology
Regulating Deepfakes: Strengthening the Fight Against Deceptive Media
In response to the growing threat of deepfake technology, two significant pieces of legislation have emerged: California’s 2024 Deepfake Deception Defense Act and the DEEPFAKES Accountability Act. A deepfake is a digitally altered video or image that uses artificial intelligence to make it appear as though someone is saying or doing something they never actually did. These laws aim to curb the spread of deceptive synthetic media and ensure transparency and accountability in digital content. Both Acts represent progress, but enhanced real-time monitoring, a registry, and a dedicated regulatory body are needed for better deepfake regulation.
The RegTech Revolution: Automating Compliance in a Complex Regulatory Landscape
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face an ever-expanding array of regulations and compliance requirements. To navigate this complex environment, many businesses are turning to Regulatory Technology, or RegTech, to automate compliance processes. While automation promises increased efficiency and reduced costs, it also raises concerns about added complexities and potential risks. Is relying on technology to handle compliance a prudent strategy, or would this add layers to an already tangled web?
CrowdStrike’s Setback: A Blueprint for Better Third-Party Risk Compliance
Earlier this year, CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity company, experienced a major outage caused by an automatic software update. This incident disrupted services globally, affecting over 8.5 million devices, including critical sectors such as healthcare and financial services. As businesses increasingly rely on third-party vendors for cybersecurity, this outage underscores the importance of managing third-party risks and ensuring digital resilience. Organizations can use this event as a valuable lesson to reassess their risk management practices and strengthen their defenses. Furthermore, the incident reveals how even highly reputed vendors are not immune to failure, stressing the need for layered defenses that safeguard against vendor disruptions at every level.
Breaching the Last Bastion of the Human Psyche: Neural Data as Biometrics
Earlier this year, the New York Times reported on the proposed Colorado Privacy Act and the impact it would have on neurotechnology which uses “neural data” and already has noteworthy support within programming communities. What the Colorado Privacy Act aims to address are not the labs and medical studies conducted within clinics, but how it may be used within a consumer context. The Colorado Privacy Act does more than Illinois’ pioneer Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA).