Not long ago in Washington DC, two federal judges addressed the Judicial Conference Committee on the Budget to request additional funding for security. They petitioned for a 7.2% increase in the current Judiciary budget of $8.6 million for investment in IT modernization and cybersecurity.
If you speak to most social workers they’ll tell you how rewarding it is to help troubled individuals improve their home, work, and family life. However, according to one survey, more than half will also tell you about the potential danger that comes from their profession, particularly due to threats from clients or those related to their clients that sometimes result in violence.
By now you’ve certainly heard about the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at their home in San Francisco. Unfortunately such incidents are no longer rare as the divisive nature of our national politics continues to intensify.
In just this current election season, a knife-wielding man attacked Lee Zeldin, a candidate for New York governor; a man tried to assault Senate candidate Don Bolduc at a campaign event, and a gunshot was fired at the family home of North Carolina Congressional candidate Pat Harrigan.
California has been at the forefront of online privacy protection since the state passed a truncated version of the GDPR privacy regulations established by the European Union. These regulations give Californians the right to know what personal information is being collected about them, whether that content is sold or disclosed (and to whom), and the ability to refuse to have that information shared.
From the moment TikTok began its ascent into a social media craze, questions were raised about the security of the data it receives from users, and how that data is being used in TikTok’s country of origin, China. At one time that resulted in government threats to ban the app.
October has been a busy month here as our team of privacy and security experts hit the road for tradeshows in Texas and New Jersey.
Our first stop was the 29th Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Association for Court Management (MAACM), held in Atlantic City. There we spoke to security leaders for courts in several states, and as a result, many more judges will soon have the peace of mind of knowing that their home addresses and other private information will no longer be easily accessible online.
It has been two years since Daniel Anderl, the son of federal Judge Esther Salas, was killed in a 2020 attack at her New Jersey home. The Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act was a bill introduced into Congress the following year that would allow current and former federal judges to ask public-facing websites to remove personal information about themselves or immediate family members.
A recent research survey by NordVPN found that more than half of Americans (55%) would delete themselves from the internet if they could.
This is understandable, considering all of the ransomware attacks and corporate hacks we’ve read about over the past decade. And for judges and police officers, having their personal information accessible online represents an additional danger to themselves and their families.
The ride-hailing service Uber suffered a major data breach not long ago. The company reported that the hacker did not gain access to sensitive user data.
Usually that refers to credit card information, bank account numbers or social security numbers, all of which can be used to profit by identity theft.
The California Judges Association was established in 1929 and is the professional association representing the interests of the judiciary of the State of California. Members include judges of the Superior Courts and Courts of Appeal, Commissioners of State courts and State Bar Court judges. Recently the CJA held its annual convention in San Diego, and the IronWall360 team from 360Civic was honored to be among the attendees.