The FDA should consider some sort of measuring stick when assessing a vendor's cybersecurity culture to determine if it qualifies for the agency's proposed fast-path program for premarket approval of "software as a medical device" products, some industry stakeholders say.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued two more alerts about cyber vulnerabilities in certain medical devices. The stream of recent advisories is helping to draw more attention to the importance of addressing device security. But healthcare providers face the challenge of tracking and mitigating all risks.
Experian is transforming from a credit reporting agency to a customer-driven data services company, and at the heart of all its services lies the need for secure, user-friendly authentication at every stage of the employee and customer experience. That's no small task, and they had to start with an established...
The apps financial services organizations depend on to fuel productivity, innovation and success are truly unique. But how is the industry evolving to adopt new technology that can offer the reliability, security and compliance it requires?
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Explosive growth in network scale and complexity demands a next generation Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) management platform. Expansive enterprise digital certificate and PKI usage, coupled with the advent of massive Internet of Things (IoT) device introductions, requires automation for secure and scalable...
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a set of operations used for accessing a web application.
Today, the "API economy" is quickly changing how the world interacts. Everything from photo sharing, to online shopping, to hailing a cab is happening through APIs. Because of APIs, technical innovation is...
While board level executives understand the concepts and terms used in network security and perimeter security, application security, as a concept and discipline, is not quite firmly defined. AppSec is much different than other security domains, so applying the standard methods does not necessarily address the unique...
Russian software firm Kaspersky Lab has been dealt a setback in its effort to overcome the U.S. government's ban on use of the firm's anti-virus software on federal systems. A judge has dismissed the firm's two lawsuits seeking to have the ban lifted.
Are too many healthcare organizations and their business associates skimping on physical security measures for safeguarding patient records? Federal regulators seem to think so.
How can you secure your organization from advanced adversaries? Much can be learned from the world's top financial institutions, which are frequently targeted by sophisticated attackers. During this live webinar, Tom Kellermann, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Carbon Black, will share exclusive insights on the latest...
A mental healthcare practice's decision to pay a ransom to have sensitive patient data unlocked illustrates the difficult choices that organizations can face when attempting to recover from a ransomware attack.
How much progress has the healthcare sector made in the last 10 years addressing medical device cybersecurity issues? And what action is still needed? Ben Ransford, a principal researcher in a groundbreaking 2008 report about cardiac device cyber risks, offers his assessment.
A swift FBI sinkhole blunted an apparently imminent attack against Ukraine via "VPN Filter" malware, which has infected more than 500,000 routers. But mass router compromises will continue so long as manufacturers fail to build in easy or automated patching and updating, security experts warn.
At least 500,000 routers, mostly located in Ukraine, have been infected with "VPN Filter" malware that experts believe is a prelude to a massive cyberattack. But the FBI has sinkholed the control domain for the router botnet, which should help contain the potential damage.
Universities throughout Florida are adding more cybersecurity courses in an effort to better train the next generation of practitioners, says Ernie Ferraresso of the Florida Center for Cybersecurity, which recently provided a second round of funding for the effort.
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