Employees use personal devices for work without much oversight

Employees performing everyday work tasks using unsecured devices can present the highest cybersecurity risks — especially in the age of BYOD.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • May 22, 2018

With fears of full-scale cyberwar, questions of attribution arise

Script kiddies and credential stuffers aside, the increase in nation-state activity and cyberespionage threats have begun to plague organizations across sectors. 

By Naomi Eide • May 22, 2018

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Executives are working to improve the security posture of their businesses, a task that requires cross-function collaboration.

By CIO Dive staff

All in the family: Meltdown, Spectre variants found

Variant 4 takes advantage of "speculative bypass," which grants a hacker access to stored memory in a CPU's stack.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 22, 2018

Leadership and longevity, the keys to GDPR compliance

Through the many paths to compliance, a few clear lessons and trends are emerging.

By Alex Hickey • May 18, 2018

Going serverless? Prepare for a shake-up in security

A serverless environment means "moving parts" and organizations can "quickly lose control" when DevOps teams are tasked with engaging with a cloud, according to Gadi Naor, CTO of Alcide.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 18, 2018

How IBM is using Latin flowers to help companies comply with GDPR

The engine converts names, birthdays, addresses and other types of personally identifiable information into a series of random identifiers.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 16, 2018

Facing international pressure and lost business, Kaspersky moves critical infrastructure to Switzerland

The move is an attempt to distance the company from its Russian roots following backlash from the U.S. government and other customers last fall.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 15, 2018

Atlanta mayor says cyberattack came as 'surprise' to city, residents

Keisha Lance Bottoms said her constituents had not viewed cybersecurity as vital until the ransomware impacted their interactions with government.

By Chris Teale • May 14, 2018

WannaCry's more profitable successor: Cryptomining

While cryptomining poses little business interruption, a fluctuating cryptocurrency market could unleash a return to traditional attack vectors. 

By Naomi Eide • May 11, 2018

How 4 security experts are ringing in WannaCry's anniversary

Go ahead, reach for the Kleenex.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 11, 2018

6 cybersecurity experts share twitch-inducing pet peeves

Annoyances and pet peeves can fester at work and make for tense lunchroom conversations. But as professionals, overreaction isn't recommended. 

By Naomi Eide • May 10, 2018

Georgia governor vetoes flawed 'hack back' bill; legislators back to the drawing board

Microsoft, Google, cybersecurity experts and hacktivists adamantly opposed the bill, which would have made it possible for security researchers looking for hackable flaws to go to jail.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 9, 2018

How Fitbit steps up security

"We're kind of the best house in a bad neighborhood," said Marc Bown, director of security.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 8, 2018

11K organizations use outdated software linked to Equifax breach

One company's tragedy is another company's lesson. For a range of reasons, organizations have ignored the warning signs displayed by the fall of others.   

By Samantha Schwartz • May 8, 2018

Down the rabbit hole: A tour of the dark web

The deep web is the middle ground, partially hidden and unindexed by search engines. True mayhem lurks beneath that.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 4, 2018

Hackers are using GDPR to disguise phishing schemes

Emails impersonating Airbnb GDPR notices typically use a "bogus variation" of an email address meant to look legitimate, like "@mail.airbnb.work."

By Samantha Schwartz • May 4, 2018

Meltdown and Spectre are not done yet — 8 flaws reported

Intel responded to the reports saying it has always been in the company’s best practice to have a "coordinated disclosure" of "potential issues."

By Samantha Schwartz • May 4, 2018

Will confidential computing incentivize companies to move more sensitive data to the cloud?

Google launched an open-source framework to develop applications in trusted execution environments, a new level of security for sensitive workloads and information.

By Alex Hickey • May 3, 2018

Generation agnostic: Millennials and baby boomers fall short in cybersecurity

Cloud-based sharing methods and limited credential access are easy ways to limit an employee's chances of compromising an organization's security.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 3, 2018

UN CIO: Tech companies must take responsibility for new 'species of technology'

Companies can combat unintentional side effects of AI with careful preparation, starting with a focus on programmed biases and the underdeveloped AI workforce.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 1, 2018

What you need to know about password management

Organizations are implementing multi-factor authentication and installing enterprisewide password manager requirements. But will it be enough?

By Naomi Eide • May 1, 2018

Is the tech worth the risk? CISOs struggle to navigate complex, overloaded security landscape

With thousands of products to choose from, and little guidance from stakeholders, security leaders are facing an unwieldy industry.

By Naomi Eide • April 30, 2018

What happens when the world meets for a simulated cyberattack

Last week, cyber defenders around the world gathered to test their ability to defend critical IT infrastructure from the intensity of a real-time cyberattack.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 30, 2018

Patch up or pay up: Equifax spent $243M on data breach recovery costs

Even with the additional costs related to the breach, the company had a 4% increase in revenue compared to Q1 2017. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 26, 2018

Insider cyberthreats on the rise; SunTrust pays steep price

It takes about two months to contain an insider security incident and could cost nearly $9 million over a 12-month period, according to ObserveIT.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 25, 2018