Weeks after confirming its review of a data breach that occurred during a routine regulatory exam, a financial regulatory agency now says it will pay $50,000 to help cover the affected institution's breach-related expenses.
According to the 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report there were 63,437 reported security incidents and 1,367 confirmed data breaches in 2013. These statistics summarize today's reality in IT security: security is consuming a larger share of total IT spending, but security effectiveness against the...
Following the Paris terror attacks, the French government plans to strengthen its surveillance laws, while the British prime minister has promised to allow intelligence agencies to penetrate any encrypted communications.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was set to star in a satirical video game, in which he battled the forces of imperialist oppression with the help of unicorns and narwals - until hackers apparently disrupted game development.
The sheer volume of data moving between agencies, contractors and citizens to support collaboration is staggering and impressive. Moving and keeping this data safe becomes a top priority, especially with the growing number of computers, devices, systems and applications. Agencies must determine how to handle multiple...
The U.S. migration from magnetic-stripe payment cards to EMV-compliant cards is in full swing, thanks in part to massive breaches at retailers. This infographic offers a timeline of progress in implementing this new technology.
President Obama's call for enactment of a national data breach notification law has been widely welcomed by business groups and privacy advocates, but their endorsements come with a big proviso: What's in it? The White House hasn't furnished details.
A new law in New Jersey, enacted in reaction to data breaches, requires health insurers that provide coverage in the state to encrypt personal information, going beyond the addressable requirements of HIPAA.
U.S. Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked Jan. 12, reportedly by ISIS sympathizers. The account compromises came the same day President Obama proposed new cybersecurity measures, including a national breach notification law.
Following the Paris attacks, Britain's prime minister hopes to reintroduce a controversial surveillance bill known as the "Snooper's Charter." Meanwhile, many European countries - and the U.S. - plan to increase anti-terrorism collaboration.
The FBI has attributed the Sony hack to North Korea, in part by analyzing the messages left by the "G.O.P." attackers. But linguistics expert Shlomo Engelson Argamon says the messages appear to have been written by native Russian speakers.
Your employees, from the C-suite to entry level, hit 'Send' hundreds of times every day. It's so easy to click that seemingly innocent send button that-in the moment-you may not realize the risk.
Thanks to the Snowden revelations and a never-ending cycle of breach news, we are now far more aware of the risk. Now...
You've screened your candidate, hired them into the position, assigned them resources and granted them access...now what? Hope they don't rob you blind? Trust them completely? The real job has just begun, now you have to:
Translate risk levels into appropriate levels of scrutiny, the greater the access, the...
In the wake of the Paris massacre, the head of Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence agency has called for new powers to fight extremism, warning that as terror plots increase, communications-interception capabilities are decreasing.
Nobody wants to be a cyber-attacker's first victim. But there are benefits to being second or third, says Akamai's Mike Smith. Then you get to enjoy the true benefits of the oft-discussed information sharing.
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