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Global Cyber Alliance Launches Craig Newmark Trustworthy Internet and Democracy and Craig Newmark Scholars Programs – Security Boulevard

Global Cyber Alliance Launches Craig Newmark Trustworthy Internet and Democracy and Craig Newmark Scholars Programs  Security Boulevard
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Banks and Fed sites score as least trustworthy in OTA 2017 security and privacy audit

We frequently hear that we can’t have privacy and security; sadly, that is often still the case as an audit of over 1,000 top websites analyzed for security and privacy practices showed an alarming trend for the third year in a row. The Online Trust Alliance said, “Sites either qualify for the Honor Roll or fail the Audit. In other words, sites increasingly either take privacy and security seriously and do well in the Audit, or lag the industry significantly in one or more critical areas.”

There is good news and bad news coming out of the audit (pdf). The good news is that 52 percent of websites, the highest percent in nine years of the annual analysis, qualified for the OTA’s Honor Roll. The flipside is that 46 percent of the websites failed the audit; of those, bank did the worst.

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Network World Security

Interview with Microsoft’s Director of Trustworthy Computing Jacqueline Beauchere

Today is Safer Internet Day and Microsoft released the results of its second annual Computing Safety Index (MCSI), a survey of consumer online safety behaviors of more than 10,000 PC, smartphone, and tablet users in 20 countries. The MCSI measures 22 individual protective behaviors.
Ms. Smith’s blog

10 years later, isn’t it time to revamp Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing initiative?

This Sunday marks the 10-year anniversary of the launch of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing initiative, and in a way, the timing couldn’t have been better. Read more

Colin Neagle’s blog