Two recent Department of Homeland Security advisories pertaining to vulnerabilities in certain ultrasound systems from a major medical device maker - and multiple flaws in an open-source hospital information management system - highlight the range of security risks spanning various segments of the healthcare sector.
As we begin the second half of 2020, organizations must find ways to ensure their customers can engage with services at any time, from any device, securely. Enter: Customer identity and access management. In a preview of an upcoming roundtable, Okta's Keith Casey discusses CIAM maturity.
The U.S. Justice Department has charged Kazakhstan national Andrey Turchin with being the hacker known as "Fxmsp," as well as running a hacking collective known by the same name that's been tied to 300 attacks worldwide, including against anti-virus vendors.
Attorney Sadia Mirza, offers an update on the July 1 California Consumer Privacy Act enforcement and what security and privacy professionals should expect over the next few months.
Joni Brennan, president of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC), says identity management is a core component to building a solid foundation for a socioeconomic safety net, particularly during a pandemic. However, engagement and education are also vital components to establishing a strong...
With so many employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, vendors of time-tracking and productivity-monitoring software report surging interest in their wares. Regardless of whether organizations deploy light-touch or more Big Brother types of approaches, beware potential privacy repercussions.
The global pandemic and quarantines have changed how enterprises must approach data protection, as well as digital transformation, user protection and cloud services. Nicolas Fischbach, global CTO of Forcepoint, previews the topic for an upcoming virtual roundtable.
A U.S. federal court has issued an injunction that gives Microsoft permission to seize control of several malicious domains being used to operate a COVID-19-themed phishing scam, according to recently unsealed court documents.
A newly uncovered Russia-based business email compromise gang has been targeting hundreds of large, multinational corporations in over 40 countries since 2019, according to the security firm Agari.
With more than 1,000 IoT security guidelines, recommendations and best practices, which ones should an organization follow? Researchers at Carleton University in Canada say 91 percent of the guides are outcome-based, which are not necessarily easy for manufacturers to follow.
The developers behind the Purple Fox fileless downloader malware recently upgraded their operation and are now targeting two new vulnerabilities to gain access to networks, according to a report by security firm Proofpoint.
Ransomware-wielding attackers continue to pummel organizations. But labeling these as being just ransomware attacks often misses how much these incidents involve serious network intrusions, exfiltration of extensive amounts of data, data leaks and, as a result, reportable data breaches.
Healthcare provider organizations, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers all must take critical security steps to avoid becoming victims of data breaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, says technology attorney and former physicist Phil Crowley.
Roger Sels of BlackBerry assesses cybersecurity risk and sees two forms of chaos - cyber and endpoint. He also sees enterprises trying to defend automated attacks at human speed, which makes him ask: Isn't it time we rebooted our approach to cybersecurity risk prevention?
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