The FDA is ramping up efforts to strengthen the security of medical devices. That includes a collaborative effort to develop a risk assessment framework to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities and mitigate the risks.
FS-ISAC has teamed up with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. to offer software designed to ease cyberthreat information collection and sharing, helping safeguard against cyber-attacks.
Security firms McAfee and Symantec have joined the Cyber Threat Alliance, which was launched by Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks in May as a way to share threat intelligence.
A Twitter chat featuring Gartner's Avivah Litan offered a lively discussion of numerous fraud-related issues, including card breaches, weak authentication and the need for mobile scrutiny. We'll host more chats soon.
Initial reports suggested that Russian hackers could behind an attack against JPMorgan Chase, and perhaps other U.S. banks. While it's still far from clear who the culprits are, experts discuss the potential hacking motivations of a nation-state.
PeaceHealth, a healthcare system in the Pacific Northwest, has devised a practical way to apply the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to its breach prevention efforts. Learn about the steps involved.
The killing of an unarmed teen by police in Ferguson, Mo., has Anonymous sympathizers disagreeing on Twitter when and how to expose the identity of the shooter.
IT security expert Bruce Schneier, now the chief technologist at an incident response provider, sees tools that help enterprises respond to a data breach being used for other unexpected events.
The 9/11 Commission, in its 10th anniversary report, cautions Americans and the U.S. government to treat cyberthreats more seriously than they did terrorist threats in the days and weeks before Sept. 11, 2001.
Attacks are more frequent, severe and complex. How can security pros defend against the entire attack continuum - before, during and after? Cisco's Bret Hartman describes a threat-centric approach.
"United we stand; divided we fall." That's the message from Art Coviello to kick off the 2014 RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan in Singapore. What advice does the RSA chair offer to global security leaders?
Does cheap labor allow Chinese hackers to troll one website after another until they find something of interest? Times could prove tough for hackers trying to make an 'honest' day's wage.
Nearly two dozen privacy and civil liberties groups contend the Senate cyberthreat information sharing bill could provide a backdoor to allow the National Security Agency to spy on Americans.
As federal regulators weigh changes in the requirements for the HITECH Act electronic health record financial incentive program, it's essential that they adequately address privacy and security issues.
The Obama administration has issued a policy statement that says businesses sharing cyberthreat information with one another are not violating antitrust laws.
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