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Data breaches were not going to stop just because the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect May 25. One of the first ones to happen since the compliance regulations went live happened June 3, when event tick… Continue reading Language Matters When It Comes to a Data Breach
When President Trump meets with North Korea’s Kim Jung Un, it’s a good bet that at some point he’ll be sharing tweets about the event, written and sent on his smartphone. Most Americans may think the biggest risk here is what he might say on Twi… Continue reading Risk of the Unsecured Presidential Phone
The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that occurred in the spring of 2018 targeted GitHub and lasted more than eight minutes and measured 1.3 Tbps. How will you face such an attack?
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“It’s time to change the way we think about cybersecurity.” That was the message I heard repeatedly in conversations and at keynote addresses at the OpenText Enfuse 2018 conference I attended in May. “Security isn’t just around malware any… Continue reading Rethinking Cybersecurity: It’s All About the Data, Not the Malware
“I made a mistake.” That’s how former FBI Director James Comey introduced himself to the audience attending the OpenText Enfuse 2018 conference in Las Vegas. I heard the murmurs around me, “Was this about the emails?” Comey smiled. “I scre… Continue reading Good Leadership Results in Better Security Practices: James Comey’s Keynote Address to OpenText Enfuse 2018
Could a trade war create a spike in hacking attempts? That’s the concern of cybersecurity professionals, who believe that the proposed new tariffs instituted by the United States will lead to an uptick in cyberattacks from China, and this could direct… Continue reading New Tariffs Expected to Increase Hacks on Intellectual Property
Do you know who can see the critical data on your network? Learn how and why organizations may not be doing enough to protect sensitive information.
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Recently, Twitter asked its 330 million users to do something distasteful: Change their passwords. The social media company discovered a bug in the system that caused passwords to be stored in a readable text format. Although Twitter said there is no … Continue reading Password Apathy: Time to Rethink Security?
Security experts (and security writers) spend a lot of time talking about cybercriminals and hackers—the so-called bad actors who are after data to use or sell on the dark web. But the time has come to expand our thinking of who or what constitutes a … Continue reading Tech Companies Vow Not to Participate in Government-Sponsored Cyberattacks
The education industry faces a security crisis, one that goes beyond protecting the classrooms and hallways. IT professionals in the education sector see cybersecurity as their top priority, consistently ranking it as their No. 1 concern. However, more than three-quarters of employees in the education field lack the cybersecurity awareness required to handle common privacy […]
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