Students from the University of Washinton have shed light on the possible risk factors concerning today’s computerized cars. The students compiled a report on their findings and in short the students demonstrated numerous experiments which represent how a modern car is incredibly fragile to electronic security hacks and reconfigurations.  The students simulated many possible situations in which the automotive functions completely ignored the driver’s inputs and actions. Some of these situations include the disabling of brakes systems, steering and engine functionality. These findings may possess answers for the massive recall of Toyota automobiles earlier this year.

Businesses around the world today are faced with many challenges and disruptions, and RSA which is the security division of EMC have released a white paper outlining the importance that companies “maintain a consistence two-way authentication policy”. The two-way authentication policy will help remote users sustain productivity, prevent potential attacks and protect the organizations assets. According to an IBM Global CFO Study, “62% of enterprises with over $5 billion in revenue admitted to encountering a major risk event”.

Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystems Announces Key Milestones

The (DECE LLC) is a cross-industry initiative generating the next generation media has announced that it has gained support from every Industry involved in the digital entertainment industry to push for an open market for digital content distribution.  Currently, 21 companies have joined as well as 48 key members associated with entertainment, software, hardware, retail, infrastructure and delivery. Some of the recent companies to join include Adobe, DivX and Nokia. The current milestones announced include an agreement on the common file format, vendor selection and approval of five DRM solutions compatible with (DECE LLC)