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Organizations say a shortage in cybersecurity skills is costing them
Demand for cybersecurity experts is still outpacing supply, and that’s providing hackers lots of opportunities.
By Justine Brown • July 27, 2016 -
Report: Most companies manage privileged accounts using manual methods
"The most damaging cyberattacks occur when privileged credentials are stolen, giving attackers the same level of access as internal people managing the systems," said Jim Legg, CEO of Thycotic.
By Justine Brown • July 26, 2016 -
Security startup StackPath raises $150M in fresh funding round
Founded last year, the company has already raised a total of $180 million in funding and acquired four other startups.
By Justine Brown • July 25, 2016 -
IT security companies, law enforcement team up to combat ransomware
The Dutch National Police, Europol, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab are all working together on the initiative, called No More Ransom.
By Justine Brown • July 25, 2016 -
Justice Dept. moves to dismiss Microsoft's data searches lawsuit
"Microsoft’s challenge effectively asks this court to adjudicate the lawfulness of thousands of such court orders from across the U.S.," the Justice Department said in its Friday court filings.
By Justine Brown • July 24, 2016 -
Report: Majority of companies think breached data is available to competitors
The new survey from the Ponemon Institute and co-authored by Kilpatrick Townsend also found it is likely that companies are failing to detect data breaches.
By Justine Brown • July 24, 2016 -
Microsoft makes Azure threat detection tool widely available
During the preview period, Azure Security Center used advanced analytics and Microsoft’s global threat intelligence to detect more than 140,000 threats per month.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Firefox latest browser moving to scrap support for Adobe Flash
Plagued with security problems, Firefox will phase out the multimedia player starting in August.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
France orders Microsoft to stop bulk collection of Windows 10 user data
The French National Data Protection Commission ordered Microsoft to stop collecting large amounts of data on users of its Windows 10 operating system without their consent.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Survey: Security often an afterthought in digital transformation efforts
Only 18% of respondents say security has been involved in their digital transformation initiatives.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
BlackBerry makes progress in federal government IT security arena
Fresh deals are good news for the struggling phone-maker-turned-security-company.
By Justine Brown • July 19, 2016 -
RNC attendees unknowingly connect to bogus Wi-Fi hotspots
More than 1,200 attendees of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland connected to the fake Wi-Fi networks set up by Avast Software.
By Justine Brown • July 19, 2016 -
Report: Enterprises lack strategies for mitigating external cyberthreats
The survey from Ponemon Institute and BrandProtect also found that companies are averaging more than one cyberattack per month.
By Justine Brown • July 18, 2016 -
Global security software market reached $22B in 2015, Gartner says
Five vendors—Symantec, Intel, IBM, Trend Micro and EMC—accounted for almost 40% of the security software revenue market.
By Justine Brown • July 15, 2016 -
Fiat Chrysler launches vehicle bug bounty program
The company is asking for the public’s help in locating bugs that can affect its vehicles and connected services.
By Justine Brown • July 14, 2016 -
How Omni Hotels' CIO plans to fortify cyber defenses
The company's new CIO Ken Barnes said cybersecurity is a top priority given a rash of recent hotel data breaches.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Data's dark side: What can't be seen can't be controlled
"Dark data are like closets full of clothes and shoes that will never be worn again. It’s easier to just keep them all," said Bill Ho, CEO of Biscom.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
Threat intelligence sharing on the rise among cybersecurity vendors
Through information sharing, companies can gain a broader view of the threats they might face as they work to bolster their defenses.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
Security firm allows companies to phish employees to test internal gullibility
The new tool from Duo Security allows IT departments to run internal tests to see how likely employees are to fall for phishing scams.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
White House moves to bolster federal cybersecurity workforce
Looking to build a pipeline of cybersecurity talent, the strategy includes a proposed investment of $62 million in FY 2017 funding to expand cybersecurity education across the nation.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
SWIFT makes big cybersecurity push following criticism over record-breaking cyber heist
The global financial messaging network has several new initiatives underway to strengthen security across the SWIFT community.
By Justine Brown • July 12, 2016 -
Baking security into functionality, new Cisco offerings look to solve the 'effectiveness gap'
The company announced six new services and cloud-based security solutions, bringing security to the forefront.
By Naomi Eide • July 11, 2016 -
Report: Enterprises more reliant on open source and third-party software components
Sonatype’s 2016 State of the Software Supply Chain found developers had 31 billion download requests of open source and third party software components in 2015.
By Naomi Eide • July 11, 2016 -
EU gives Privacy Shield final approval
The European Commission will formally adopt the new transatlantic commercial data transfer pact on Tuesday.
By Justine Brown • July 11, 2016 -
Researchers add synthetic bugs to software to analyze vulnerability-testing tools
The tools researchers tested thus far have effectively detected software bugs only 2% of the time.
By Justine Brown • July 11, 2016
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