Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s test tunnel for his underground, high-speed train project The Loop will officially open in Los Angeles on December 10. Musk publicly announced the opening date on Twitter, which he is extremely active on. Opens Dec 10 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018 The business magnate also conceptualized the idea for The Boring […]
Month: October 2018
The GDPR and SSL
The SSL Certificate industry has recently been shaken up by the EU’s newest data privacy laws, the GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest change to data privacy in two decades, with big implications for the SSL Certificate industry. The GDPR was approved by the EU Parliament on April 14th 2016 but did not […]
Australia’s New Digital Council
The newly formed Australian Digital Council held its inaugural meeting in Sydney last month to discuss key data and digital priorities. The purpose of the Council is to collaborate cross-jurisdictionally on all matters related to data and digital transformation to deliver efficient government services and smart policies, with an overall aim to provide “a more seamless experience […]
Safe by Default – Google’s new web security policy
The ‘Secure’ icon on HTTPS web pages has been removed by Google with the padlock soon to follow. Additionally, all HTTP pages will be marked as “not secure”, as Google aims to create a web that is safe by default. Previously, Chrome displayed a padlock and “Secure” in green letters for HTTPS secured sites, as HTTP was still widely implemented […]
Cybercrime set to be world’s biggest illegal market by 2021
According to a report by respected global information security firm Herjavec Group, cybercriminals will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021. Cybercrime poses a great and real threat to the global order, financially and technologically. U.S. Army General Keith B. Alexander, in a speech on cybersecurity and cybercrime, said that cybercrime constitutes “the greatest transfer of wealth in […]