Simple credentials, such as passwords, are a hacker's best friend, says Phillip Dunkelberger of Nok Nok Labs, a founding member of the FIDO Alliance. That's why the alliance is working to reduce reliance on passwords by enabling advanced authentication.
In another push for national breach notification legislation, Attorney General Eric Holder is calling on Congress to create a standard in the wake of breaches at Target Corp. and Neiman Marcus.
Advanced, ever-evolving threats call for security solutions vendors to counter with equally advanced and sophisticated solutions. JD Sherry of Trend Micro discusses new strategic alliances and product sets dedicated to creating new measures of threat defense.
Would determining ahead of time which controls should be examined in an information security audit help the federal government - or for that matter, any organization - better identify vulnerabilities across the enterprise?
Neiman Marcus has revised downward its estimate of the number of payment cards compromised in its breach last year. Company CEO Karen Katz offers new details.
A law firm has developed a free iPhone app, Data Breach 411, to help organizations with breach notification compliance. The app provides links to 46 state data breach notification laws, relevant federal statutes and other resources.
Bankers and retailers are hotly debating who should be liable for losses and expenses associated with the breach at Target. See how our readers weighed in on the issues involved.
Advanced threat protection provider Bit9 announced Feb. 13 that it has merged with Carbon Black, which sells an endpoint sensor designed to speed up incident response.
The RSA Conference 2014 will be held Feb. 24-28 in San Francisco, and Information Security Media Group will be the only Diamond Media Sponsor. Learn what's on the agenda at this world-class security event.
Organizations in all sectors can improve their compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard by taking five critical steps, says Rodolphe Simonetti of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, which just issued a new PCI compliance report.
Attorney Kim Peretti helped put TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez behind bars, and now she is helping organizations investigate and respond to their own data breaches. What tips and tools does she recommend?
Major cyberthreat concerns for banking institutions in 2014 include DDoS attacks, mobile malware, ransomware and insider threats, among others. Experts offer insights on mitigation strategies.
Most organizations today have breach response plans. But far too few test these plans before an incident occurs. Experts Michael Bruemmer and Ronald Raether discuss the essentials of breach response.
In the past few months, the "Internet of Things" has gained more attention, and the cybersecurity and privacy implications are only beginning to be addressed in many quarters.
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