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State of Cybersecurity 18 January 2021

Welcome to the State of Cyber series. If you want a quick look at what is going on with current events in #cybersecurity, opinions from industry experts our #vCISOs, and advice on protecting yourself and your organization in #cyberspace, we will have the latest news and insights here for you here. 

This week we discuss the topic of artificial intelligence and its intersection with civil rights. Recent cases show the continued push to utilize this technology as a part of law enforcement and other security functions; however, questions remain on its accuracy and coded bias for people of color.
Join us as we talk about this area of cybersecurity this week. Below are the articles and clips referenced in this week's discussion.

1.   Another Arrest, and Jail Time, Due to a Bad Facial Recognition Match
A New Jersey man was accused of shoplifting and trying to hit an officer with a car. He is the third known Black man to be wrongfully arrested based on face recognition.
 https://www.nytimes.com/(866) 824-8022/technology/facial-recognition-misidentify-jail.html  

2.   AI Responsible For Wrongful Arrest In First Known U.S. Case
A man was wrongfully arrested after facial recognition software mismatched his driver’s license photo to surveillance video of someone shoplifting, according to an ACLU complaint.
 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ef3444cc5b663ecc(866) 824-8022

3.   The Best Algorithms Struggle to Recognize Black Faces Equally
US government tests find even top-performing facial recognition systems misidentify blacks at rates five to 10 times higher than they do whites.
 https://www.wired.com/story/best-algorithms-struggle-recognize-black-faces-equally/

4.   Search Scene from the Minority Report
 https://youtu.be/PJqbivkm0Ms


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