After ongoing attempts in Europe, Canada is the latest country pushing for "lawful access" to data for law enforcement. This, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. The FBI has confirmed it wants “lawful access” to fully ...

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree faced calls from opposition MPs Tuesday to amend the federal government’s lawful ...

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is facing mounting calls — including from the maker of the iPhone — to amend his ...

HACKENSACK, N.J., Aug. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As UK and EU lawmakers reconsider policies to grant law enforcement and investigative agencies (such as Europol) access to encrypted data—often ...

Encrypting data before storing on third-party servers. Also called "zero-knowledge encryption," zero-access encryption ensures that a user's data stored on OneDrive, Google Drive or other cloud ...

The UK government has forced Apple to disable its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature, weakening iCloud encryption for users in the country and creating a backdoor for itself. The U.K. government ...

From traditional investigative methods to zero-day exploits, authorities have a range of techniques at their disposal, including digital searches at borders, which could present concerns for CISOs.

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec Apple recently removed an iPhone privacy feature rather than comply with a new UK law ...

Curious about the security of your documents in the cloud? You’re not alone. We recently received an email from Dana in Marietta, Ga., who is asking this, "I just read your article on saving documents ...

Apple has added a new security feature with the iOS 18.1 update released last month to ensure that iPhones automatically reboot after long idle periods to re-encrypt data and make it harder to extract ...

Storing a copy of important files in the cloud is a great safeguard in addition to keeping physical backups, but here's why ...