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Cyber risks - Digital Sovereignty - Security and Stability in Cyberspace | Opinions
The transmission of information to the intelligence services
Constitutional Council – Decision No. 2021-924 QPC of 9 July 2021, La Quadrature du Net The transmission of information to the intelligence services by the administrative authorities does not comply with the Constitution, ...
Cyber industrial safety - Cyber risks - Digital transition | Business - Opinions
CFI, a new FIC offshoot dedicated to the security of operational technologies
By Vincent Riou, Partner at Avisa Partners, and CFI Director Operational technologies (OTs) are at the heart of our lives. They are used to produce what we consume, transport us, protect us, provide us with energy or clean ...
Digital Sovereignty | Opinions
Europe strengthens its cybersecurity
The year 2020 has been rich in terms of EU announcements related to digital transformation. In February-March 2020, at a time when the Covid-19 crisis was dominating people’s minds, the Commission published ...
Antifraud action - Digital Sovereignty | Opinions
Illegal e-commerce: when neutrality shelters impunity!
An emerging reality twenty years ago, e-commerce is today unavoidable whatever its form, B to C but also C to C and B to B. The pandemic has accentuated this phenomenon even though the regulation of the net has changed ...
Operational security | Opinions
Security for SMEs and ETIs from a CISO’s point of view
“Hackers are not interested in us! We have always been able to react!” We often hear these remarks… until one big cyber-attack reminds us of the harsh reality of the cyber fragility of organisations. We ...
Cyber risks | Opinions
Ransomware: a painful start for 2021
In only three months, the number of cyberattacks registered across the world already amounts to one third of the total figure for 2020. The Emotet threat, eradicated by law enforcement forces earlier this year, has already ...
Digital transition | Opinions
Blockchain and additive manufacturing
Blockchain and additive manufacturing: two innovations driving the circular economy Circular economy is an alternative to the so-called linear economy. It is aimed at optimising and multiplying the value of the resources by ...
Operational security | Opinions
Collaboration is the key!
Collaboration is the key to successful innovation in automated security Our society has become almost entirely dependent on digitised processes and systems. The threat posed by state actors continues to grow. Countries such ...
Cyber risks - Digital Sovereignty | Opinions
Towards co-regulation of cyberspace: between power relationship and sovereignty imperatives
In almost twenty years, the world has witnessed an explosion of digital technologies. Data has become a primary resource and is at the heart of geopolitical issues – just like any other essential resource. The regulation ...
Digital Sovereignty | Opinions
Invalidation of the Privacy Shield: the European Union is up against the wall
In a ruling handed down on 16 July 2020 , the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated a 2016 decision of the European Commission known as the “Privacy Shield” . This “shield” – ...
Security and Stability in Cyberspace | Opinions
Let’s Protect Our Inventions Together
Cybersecurity is a strategic matter for our country. Now more than ever – in our highly, sometimes overly, interconnected world – the question of data protection and of defending our privacy, our health, our ...
Cyber risks - Operational security | Opinions
Who In The World Is Tristan?
We are in 2017. Tristan is hired as Project Manager for a large local authority. This is his very first job and he is determined to make a lasting impression. He is tasked with the implementation of a software package very ...