Steph Warren, CIO of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, provides an overview of the VA's cybersecurity landscape and reveals what security issue keeps him up at night.
Sophisticated threats require advanced threat protection. A threat-focused next-generation firewall must adhere to three strategic imperatives. Learn how these imperatives improve defense against advanced threats.
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel says medical device manufacturers need to do a better job of baking cybersecurity into product development. Meanwhile, federal officials are investigating suspected cybersecurity flaws in some devices.
Security experts participating in an FDA workshop highlight the urgent need to immediately improve the cybersecurity of networked medical devices, which may be vulnerable to hacking that could potentially be life-threatening.
FBI Director James Comey says he wants Congress to update a 20-year-old law to give law enforcement authorities access to the encrypted data of suspected criminals.
Apps for wearable devices that are designed to track a user's pulse rate, blood-oxygen level or location may be leaking that data during transmission, Symantec security researcher Candid Wüeest warns in a Black Hat Europe briefing.
While the security of the HealthCare.gov website has improved, and the next open enrollment for Obamacare will go more smoothly, there's still plenty of work to be done, says Curt Kwak, former CIO of the Washington state health insurance exchange.
Apple's new payments platform, Apple Pay, will launch on Monday, Oct. 20. The platform enables users to pay for items using several Apple mobile devices, including the latest versions of its iPads.
Two not-for-profit cybersecurity associations have jointly released new guidance to help manufacturers and users of medical devices running the Windows XP or Windows 7 operating systems to quickly assess the devices' security configurations.
Amsterdam is again playing host to the annual Black Hat Europe information security gathering, and presenters have promised to cover everything from privacy flaws in wearable computers to two-factor authentication system failures.
The Food and Drug Administration's Suzanne Schwartz, M.D., is on a mission to debunk the myth that medical device manufacturers need FDA approval for software updates or patches to address potential vulnerabilities.
As the IT security workforce reaches a record high in the United States, what does that workforce look like? It remains overwhelmingly white and male. Here's an explanation of the latest employment statistics.
Cedars-Sinai Health System says approximately 33,000 patients were affected by a data breach involving the theft of a laptop computer from an employee's home. Find out what information is at risk.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued final guidance calling for manufacturers to consider cybersecurity risks as part of the design and development of medical devices. Find out what the agency recommends.
As the workforce increasingly relies on mobile devices, corporate privacy and security policies aren't keeping pace. And that's leaving a large gap in organizations' breach prevention strategies.
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