Stories about: Software and Information Industry Association

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    Senate bill may require 'critical' networks to adopt cyber standards 15/02/2012 08:02:24

    A bill in the U.S. Senate would require operators of so-called critical infrastructure networks to adopt cybersecurity practices if evaluations by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security find their security lacking.
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    Critics: EU's proposed data protection rules could hinder Internet 26/01/2012 06:16:53

    Data protection and online privacy rules proposed for the European Union could hinder the development of new Web-based business models and bog down companies with regulations, some U.S. critics said Wednesday.
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    Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle gets SIIA recognition 25/01/2012 07:47:40

    The creator of the Internet Archive is being awarded for his work and foresight by the Software and Information Industry Association, the association announced Tuesday.
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    Federal Reserve contractor charged with source code theft 20/01/2012 06:33:35

    A U.S. Federal Reserve contractor has been charged with copying the source code of software that keeps track of large exchanges of money between U.S. government agencies.
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    SIIA: More trademark protections needed in ICANN gTLD program 13/01/2012 07:59:09

    As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers moves forward, despite ongoing concerns, with its decision to launch a program to sell new generic top-level domains, the organization should take new steps to protect trademarks and other intellectual property, a U.S. software trade group said Thursday.
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    Groups praise US, seven other countries for signing ACTA 04/10/2011 06:12:40

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) both applauded the signing of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by representatives of the U.S., Japan, and six other governments in Toyko on Saturday.
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    US govt can help encourage cloud adoption 27/07/2011 06:47:00

    The U.S. government can help grow the nation's cloud computing market by assisting private companies in the development of cloud security standards and by encouraging cloud providers to allow data portability among them, a new tech industry report recommended.
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    US agency calls for new cybersecurity standards 09/06/2011 05:07:16

    The U.S. Department of Commerce should work with Internet business groups to establish voluntary codes of conduct and standards to protect against cyberattacks, a new report from the agency recommended.
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    New copyright bill targets ISPs, search engines 13/05/2011 04:54:00

    New legislation in the US Senate targeted at reducing copyright piracy on the Internet would allow copyright owners to get court orders requiring Internet service providers and search engines to stop sending traffic to websites accused of trafficking in infringing goods.
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    Software association paid $57K in 2010 to piracy whistleblowers 12/02/2011 10:26:00

    In 2010, the Software and Information Industry Association received 157 reports of alleged corporate end user software piracy.  Of the 157 reports, 42 (or 27 per cent) were judged sufficiently reliable to pursue. Of these 16 qualified for rewards totaling $57,500.
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    The 10 Most Uncool Moments in Tech 30/06/2010 01:18:00

    That Jeff Lebowski was one cool dude.
 
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