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  • A very good topic to ponder. I can't speak to legislation on the topic remote access and historical data, especially global legislation. I have seen contracts with certain end users in certain industries where remote access is controlled by contract and NDA and enforced by ...

  • That is certainly a good question to ponder. I have not run the math, but I would suspect the mass of artificial satellites to be "negligible" with regard to the mass of the earth or the core and the gravitational force between two objects, F = Gm1*m2/r2. I think this is ...

  • I agree that the cybersecurity team's strategy has to align with the business objective. Typically, a cybersecurity team (OT or IT) has to carry out a risk response. This usually involves treating the risk to a tolerable level that the organisation (risk owner) is willing ...

  • Nicky, I agree with Tim that cybersecurity cannot be the sole mission for a department. Rather than merging the two and then break it into sub-departments, I think it is better to leave them independent as is, where cybersecurity is part of what each team does; the overall ...

  • I would agree Nicky but also include that the department/sub-department needs to ensure that they don't see cybersecurity as the sole mission. It is an integral part of the mission but always needs to be taken from a view of addressing the business risk. The key part is to ...

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