"They can request SBOMs til they're blue in the face, but there’s no framework in place for enforcement."
- @webjedi in my writeup of #SBOM-a-rama:
https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366542018/CISA-SBOM-standards-efforts-stymied-by-confusion-inertia

#softwaresupplychain #cybersecurity @CISAgov
#CISA #NTIA #NIST #FDA #softwaresupplychainsecurity #supplychainsecurity #softwarebillofmaterials #cloud #cloudsecurity #security #infrastructure #cloudnative #cloudnativesecurity #sbomarama

S 1526 Introduced – NTIA Cybersecurity – Would establish the NTIA Office of Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination – Very nearly identical to HR 1345 –https://tinyurl.com/4unpr447 #Legislation #NTIA

Somehow I missed this. The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration has issued a Request For Comments about audits w/r/t so-called Artificial Intelligence. Comments deadline is 2023-06-12; RFC link:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/13/2023-07776/ai-accountability-policy-request-for-comment

Press releases:

NTIA Seeks Public Input to Boost AI Accountability
https://www.ntia.gov/press-release/2023/ntia-seeks-public-input-boost-ai-accountability

AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment
https://ntia.gov/issues/artificial-intelligence/request-for-comments

#AI #SALAMI #NTIA #RFC

@eff Comments to #NTIA on #Privacy and #CivilRights https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/eff-comments-ntia-privacy-and-civil-rights

Apple should be required to let iPhone users sideload apps, Biden admin says
Gov't report recommends laws targeting mobile "gatekeepers" Apple and Google.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/apple-should-be-required-to-let-iphone-users-sideload-apps-biden-admin-says/

#ios #apple #iphone #ipad #technology #ntia

US gov calls for competition in mobile app markets.

Biggest points at the end:

"""
5. Operators should lift restrictions on [ways to] install apps.

While preserving appropriate privacy and security safeguards, legislative measures should prohibit restrictions on sideloading, alternative app stores and web apps.

6. Address limits on in-app purchasing […] by banning requirements to use the operators’ payment system.
"""

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2023/ntia-calls-changes-boost-competition-mobile-app-markets

#appstore #PWA #NTIA via https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/109790857465417039

NTIA calls for boosting competition around mobile apps

Biggest points at the end:

"""
5. Operators should lift restrictions on ways [to] install apps.

While preserving appropriate privacy and security, legislative measures should prohibit restrictions on sideloading, alternative app stores, and web apps.

6. Address limits on in-app purchasing [..] by banning requirements [to] use the [operators]’ payment system.
"""

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2023/ntia-calls-changes-boost-competition-mobile-app-markets

#appstore #NTIA #PWA via https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/109790857465417039

I have news: #FCC #NTIA #statedepartment #ITU #WRC23 #telecom #spectrum

https://t.co/H4zXBPFWyM

My year in 24 Minutes

This 24 Minutes podcast episode with Michael Kill dissects universal shortages in the post-pandemic nighttime workforce.

https://24hournation.com/nighttime-workforce/post-pandemic-employee-solutions/

#24HourNation #24Minutes #podcast #MichaelKill #NTIA

#VibeLab out of Amsterdam and Berlin plus the UK's Night Time Industries Association (#NTIA) announce the second Night Time Economy Summit. Hosted by #E1 #London, Feb. 9-10, 2023

#NighttimeEconomy

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ntia-night-time-economy-summit-e1-london-9th10th-february-2023-tickets-467668558247

🚨#NTIA has awarded more than $5.4 million in planning funds to D.C. for high-speed Internet & #DigitalEquity projects. I’m looking forward to working with the team in D.C. to get Washingtonians connected! #InternetForAll
📰: https://internet4all.gov/news-media/biden-harris-administration-awards-more-54-million-washington-dc-internet-all-planning

Yesterday, #NTIA announced Puerto Rico has been awarded over $5.7 million in funds to begin planning affordable, reliable high-speed Internet and digital equity projects. #InternetForAll #broadband #telecom
📰: https://www.internetforall.gov/news-media/biden-harris-administration-awards-more-57-million-puerto-rico-internet-all-planning

So I found this https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-eshoo-lead-bicameral-effort-urging-ntia-to-protect-website-owners-personal-information-quickly-adopt-strong-privacy-protections-

The letter to #NTIA notes that #ICANN reports that "number of domains responsible for #phishing, #malware, spam and botnets has declined"

We also found that domains responsible for hosting malware decreased in recent quarters; however, most reported malware is hosted or distributed from IP addresses.

Spoiler alert: in our forthcoming Phishing activity for August-October 2022, we saw an increase in unique phishing domains reported, from 163,157 to 207,889 - and 44,732 is a rather big number.

Counting domains is a less accurate measure of cybercrime activity than counting attacks. If you're represented by one of the signatories of this letter please help lend clarity to the issue.