Policy, Law & Governance

Four Major Companies Still Won't Talk About the Oracle EBS Breach

John Z Black Mar 17, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #oracle #cl0p #breach #disclosure #governance #sec #enterprise-risk

Broadcom, Bechtel, Estee Lauder, and Abbott Technologies got named in the Cl0p Oracle EBS breach. None have said a word. The silence is becoming its own problem.

Europe's Biggest Tech Fines Are Getting Overturned in Court

John Z Black Mar 17, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #gdpr #amazon #cloudflare #eu-regulation #privacy #piracy-shield #italy #policy

Amazon just got a $858 million GDPR fine thrown out. Cloudflare is fighting Italy's Piracy Shield. Big Tech's legal teams are now the real counterparty to European regulation.

CISA Is Running on Fumes While Threats Keep Piling Up

John Z Black Mar 16, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #cisa #doge #policy #government #workforce #cybersecurity #institutional-risk

A third of CISA's workforce is gone. The agency is operating at 38% capacity during a shutdown. And a DOGE whistleblower alleges someone walked out with Social Security data. This isn't a policy debate. It's a capacity crisis.

New York Just Did What the EPA Couldn't: Mandatory Cybersecurity for Water Utilities

John Z Black Mar 15, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #critical-infrastructure #water-utility #regulatory-compliance #new-york #epa #ics-security

The feds tried and failed to mandate cybersecurity for water utilities. New York got tired of waiting and did it themselves. Sound familiar?