FEMA has acknowledged a “major privacy incident” where nearly 2.5 million U.S. disaster survivors had their personal information shared with a third-party contractor responsible for setting up temporary housing.
Facebook password leak has exposed up to 600 million user's plaintext passwords to company employees. And this appears to have been ongoing since 2012. Will this add more fuel on the antitrust fire?
As organizations realize that there is no such of a thing as being “fully protected” from a cyberattack, what are the tactices and steps to improve and get an edge in the cyber security arms race?
In a growing number of cases – including some involving Google Nest microphones for the home and airplane cameras found on back of passenger seats – surveillance devices are deployed haphazardly without thinking about the way they might intrude into people’s lives and privacy.
Insurers have a vital role to play in inoculating organizations against potentially crippling attacks. With cyber insurance premiums forecast to reach $7.5 billion by 2020, how can insurers do their part to leverage this opportunity for the benefit of customers in today’s digital world?
Recent study shows that 72% of U.S. small businesses support improvements to privacy regulations yet 52% also believe that there will be a negative impact to their business. And only 15% believe that policy makers will pass regulations that do not adversely affect small businesses.
What kind of future can be achieved by focusing on the nexus of information security and data privacy? Better compliance, stronger alignment and greater accountability, just to name a few benefits.
The 2019 Information Security Forum (ISF) Threat Horizon report contains information security risks that illustrate the importance, if not urgency, of updating cybersecurity measures fit for Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies.
The most recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report indicates that phishing attacks are now by far the most frequent threat to the cyber landscape, increasing a massive 250% since the previous report.
When it comes to proving our identity, there’s no doubt that biometrics are more convenient, but are they truly more secure? Only if we take comprehensive steps to mitigate hacking while the tech is in its infancy.
