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Industry reactions to Trump’s executive order on cybersecurity

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On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited executive order on cybersecurity. Mainly, the order requires a number of cybersecurity reviews across the various agencies of the federal government, in order to determine what must be done to strengthen federal computer systems, as well as United States’ critical infrastructure. Here are some industry reactions to the executive order Help Net Security received. Leo Taddeo, CISO at Cyxtera Technologies What the order does: The very first … More → Continue reading Industry reactions to Trump’s executive order on cybersecurity→

DDoS attacks: $100,000 per hour is at risk during peak revenue generation periods

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Neustar and Harris Interactive conducted global, independent research of 1,010 directors, managers, CISOs, CSOs, CTOs, and other c-suite executives to find out how DDoS attacks affect their organizations and what measures are in place to counter these threats. The respondents span many industries, including technology, financial services, retail, healthcare and energy. “DDoS attacks are the zeitgeist of today’s Internet,” said Barrett Lyon, pioneer of the DDoS defense industry and Head of Research and Development at … More → Continue reading DDoS attacks: $100,000 per hour is at risk during peak revenue generation periods→