New Bill Could Force U.S. Businesses to Report Data Breaches Quicker

A bipartisan Senate bill would require some businesses to report data breaches to law enforcement within 24 hours or face financial penalties and the loss of government contracts. The legislation from Senate Intelligence Chair and Democratic Senator Ma… Continue reading New Bill Could Force U.S. Businesses to Report Data Breaches Quicker

Security and Culture are Key to Digital Transformation

With digital business initiatives accelerating across nearly every industry, Gartner projects worldwide IT spending to reach a whopping $4.1 trillion by the end of the year. This data reflects something every forward-looking business leader already kn… Continue reading Security and Culture are Key to Digital Transformation

Defending Against Pervasive Spyware

The revelation that Israeli company NSO Group’s spy software Pegasus was targeting the smartphones of activists, journalists and business executives sent a shockwave through the international press. The spyware successfully infiltrated the mobile devi… Continue reading Defending Against Pervasive Spyware

A unified approach is the future of data backup

Though disaster recovery and backup solutions have always been critical components for any business, the pandemic put a spotlight on the many threats to data today. Cybercrime is rampant, with ransomware, account takeover attacks, and phishing schemes … Continue reading A unified approach is the future of data backup

Image encryption technique could keep photos safe on popular cloud photo services

The past decade has witnessed scandal after scandal over private images maliciously or accidentally made public. A study from computer scientists at Columbia Engineering reveals what may be the first way to encrypt personal images on popular cloud phot… Continue reading Image encryption technique could keep photos safe on popular cloud photo services

Packet Maze: Solving a CyberDefenders PCAP Puzzle with R, Zeek, and tshark

It was a rainy weekend in southern Maine and I really didn’t feel like doing chores, so I was skimming through RSS feeds and noticed a link to a PacketMaze challenge in the latest This Week In 4n6. Since it’s also been a while since I’ve done any serio… Continue reading Packet Maze: Solving a CyberDefenders PCAP Puzzle with R, Zeek, and tshark

Apple’s Insecure iPhone Lets NSO Hack Journalists (Again)

Yet another zero-day bug in iOS has allowed notorious spyware vendor NSO Group to break into the iPhones of journalists and activists.
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How Data Discovery and Zero Trust Can Help Defend Against a Data Breach

As more companies start to use the cloud, the threat of a data breach and the rules and fines that go with it has only grown. Therefore, companies and agencies need to anticipate and adapt to their changing data and IT landscape. For that, a zero trust approach to data security and privacy might be […]

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How to build a security-first culture with remote teams

If recent world events have driven an increase in the number of remote workers in your organization, you are now confronted by even more security challenges for already stretched security teams and busy IT departments. Sixty-one percent of CISOs are mo… Continue reading How to build a security-first culture with remote teams

The Cyber Security Buffs: January 2021 Edition

Cyber Security Buffs conducted a webinar on 28th January 2021 to celebrate the occasion of Data Privacy Day. This webinar speculated the upcoming challenges and trends associated with data privacy. It focused on the policies and practices organizations… Continue reading The Cyber Security Buffs: January 2021 Edition