Implications and Challenges of Data Privacy Regulations
The patchwork data privacy regulations are amplifying the challenges for IT and security professionals around the globe.
Data Breach refers to the intentional or unintentional release of private or confidential information or data. Other terms for data breach include unintentional information disclosure, data leakage, or data spill.
The Writing on the Wall: Accountability is Coming
The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act is necessary to protect the Nation’s critical infrastructure. But is it enough?
Ransomware Insurance Demand Spikes, Coverage Drops, Hackers Thrive
As ransomware insurance demand spikes along side of extortion demands, insurers are imposing strict requirements and coverage limitations to mitigate losses.
Connected Consumer-Grade Equipment: The Next Attack Surface
Rife with vulnerabilities that are actively probed by MCAs, connected consumer-grade equipment is poised to be the next attack surface.
Network Security, Malicious Threats, and Common Computer Definitions
We’ve put together this glossary of cyber threat definitions as a resource for you in your quest to help make the internet a safer place for all!
The Cost of a Data Breach: What’s Really at Stake?
The cost of a data breach goes well beyond remediation and recovery. Know your risks. Go below the surface layer to assess what’s actually at stake.
2019 Cybersecurity & Tech Trend Predictions
2018 was a wild year for cybersecurity, ad tech, and the internet in general. In this blog, we explore the significant trends and security challenges that are likely to impact us in 2019 and beyond.
Lessons Learned from the Verizon Data Breach
Earlier this week, over 14 million Verizon customers had sensitive user data associated with their Verizon accounts released into the wild. A third-party vendor had stored the database on an improperly secured cloud server. While this unsecured server was located in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, the data breach was determined to be a result of human error on the contractor’s part, not any inherent security vulnerability in the AWS cloud.
Data Leaks: Has Your Information Been Breached?
You’re probably just as concerned about the rise of online fraud, data breaches, hacks and stollen accounts as the rest of the world is lately.
The Magnitude of the Breach
The Magnitude of the Breach On Thursday, June 4, it was announced that there was a large breach of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of the federal government. The Chinese are fingered in the breach, in which about 4 million people’s records were lost in the attack, and the Chinese government denied being responsible,…