A Senate panel approved a bill to strengthen e-mail privacy protections despite concerns expressed by the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission that the legislation could hinder investigations.
To meet the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program's upcoming requirements for health information exchange, providers will need to use security best practices. David Kibbe, M.D., of DirectTrust, explains how his group is fostering those practices.
Today's business productivity is driven by a new generation of secure mobile apps that let employees do more with their devices. By keeping workflows integrated and safe, these apps promote greater levels of collaboration and convenience in the areas of document retrieval, storage, editing, and transmission.
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U.S. banks have been hit by a new wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks, and experts say the botnet behind the attacks is getting stronger. Learn about the latest developments.
Malware, DDoS and mobile security aside, one of the biggest risks is organizations' lack of visibility into specific threats. Don Gray of Solutionary explains the need for actionable threat intelligence.
It's not malware, crime rings or hacktivists. What, then, are among the threats that concern security leaders most? CISO Tom Newton offers new insight on today's top threats and strategies to combat them.
In the last few months, major U.S. banking institutions have been victims of a powerful wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks that combine three different attack tools. These "Triple Crown" attacks take DDoS to a whole new level. How can institutions improve their defenses?
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CISOs' top three priorities for 2013 are emerging threats, technology trends and filling security gaps, says RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz. But what new strategies should leaders employ to tackle these challenges?
Information sharing proved critical during the recent wave of DDoS attacks that hit leading U.S. banks. What lessons does the experience offer for organizations in other industries? Experts weigh in.
The recent wave of DDoS attacks against top U.S. banks is a wake-up call for organizations that are ill-prepared to fight against such an attack. NIST's Matthew Scholl offers strategies to mitigate the threat.
Text-messaging by physicians and other clinicians poses serious potential patient privacy risks. But with security controls in place, some healthcare organizations are giving a green light to texting in certain circumstances.
Top executives must be transparent with their stakeholders when their IT systems get attacked. Otherwise, their enterprises' reputations could be more severely damaged, says IBM Fellow Luba Cherbakov.
When it comes to fighting DDoS attacks, institutions must understand the threats against them, says Bill Wansley of Booz Allen Hamilton. Varying attack vectors require different modes of detection and prevention.
The growth in messaging technologies has fraudsters targeting new channels to attack organizations. Craig Spiezle of the Online Trust Alliance offers tips on how to improve messaging security.
E-mail, IM, text messaging - we all increasingly depend on messaging technologies. And so do the fraudsters. Craig Spiezle of the Online Trust Alliance discusses how to mitigate our vulnerabilities.
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