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This week, top officials from the United States and the European Union will attend the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC). The TTC was created in response to the need for a structured mechanism that would allow for bilateral discussion about one of the most active areas of policymaking in the world -- technology. As the leading advocate for the world鈥檚 most innovative [...]
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91快活林 CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Sampak Garg, Associate General Counsel and Senior Director at Juniper Networks about his background in government affairs, how the government and industry can work together to improve cybersecurity, and Juniper Networks鈥� efforts to close the digital divide. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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On Aug. 25, the Biden Administration will meet with private sector leaders at the White House to discuss how the public and private sectors can and must work together to improve the United States鈥� cybersecurity. In just the past few months, President Biden has issued two directives to address the surge in cyber threats, such as supply chain attacks targeting the U.S. government鈥檚 own systems, and ransomware [...]
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The role of technical standards has received increased attention from global policymakers to address challenges for the rapid development of information and communications technologies (ICT). The recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation鈥檚 Cybersecurity is leveraging technical standards and best practices as the basis for developing guidance to secure the software supply chain in the United States. [...]
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91快活林 brought together leading policy and industry experts from the United States, the European Union, and South Korea to provide a robust overview and analysis of the latest policy initiatives impacting semiconductor production and innovation. The experts explored the challenges in the semiconductor supply chain, identified new growth opportunities, and brought solutions to enhance the semiconductor [...]
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Ahead of the first anniversary of the Schrems II Decision, 91快活林 brought data and privacy experts from the European Commission and industry together to discuss the decision鈥檚 implications and the outlook for the future. The discussion, held on 14 July, featured Bojana Bellamy, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), Caitlin Fennesy, Research Director at the International Association [...]
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Fueled by an acceleration towards digitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic, Latin America saw a seismic shift to digitally-driven services and online commerce. In less than two years, the region saw e-commerce increased by 36.7 percent relative to its pre-pandemic levels, and according to Statista, 13 million people across Latin America made an online transaction for the first time in 2020. In a [...]
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Building on the Supreme Court鈥檚 historic decision to protect LGBTQ+ workers in the federal workplace and President Biden鈥檚 recent Executive Order expanding on those protections, those of us in the tech industry and the larger tech community are more committed than ever to continuing to fight for equity in the workplace. From advocating for passage of the Equality Act to implementing much-needed reforms [...]
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The year 2021 marks the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings in New York City, one of the most pivotal displays of LGBTQ+ resistance in U.S. history. Rioters at Stonewall were tired of having limitations placed on their livelihoods and means of self-expression. A year after those initial uprisings, the first Pride march took place on June 28, 1970, in New York City to celebrate the varied identities [...]
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Recent cybersecurity incidents, notably the sophisticated nation-state backed supply chain compromise of SolarWinds and the profoundly disruptive ransomware attack of the Colonial Pipeline, have placed the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. in sharp focus. Of particular interest to U.S. policymakers is understanding the lessons that can be learned from these significant cybersecurity incidents. The [...]
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