Security News

Confidence wavers in face of evolving cybersecurity threats
2018-06-27 12:00

Webroot found that businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Australia are taking cybersecurity seriously – with almost 100 percent of respondents conducting some form of employee cybersecurity training....

House Passes Bill to Enhance Industrial Cybersecurity
2018-06-27 08:58

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill aimed at protecting industrial control systems (ICS), particularly ones used in critical infrastructure, against cyberattacks. read more

A CIO on Carrying the Burden of Medical Device Cybersecurity
2018-06-27 00:18

A lack of standards spelling out to manufacturers their responsibilities for addressing the cybersecurity of their medical devices - especially legacy products - has left a big burden on the...

Indiana IoT Lab founder: Why IoT initiatives need cybersecurity built in from the start
2018-06-26 11:00

The Internet of Things increases the risk of cyber attacks. Here's what companies need to do to stay safe, according to John Wechsler, founder of the Indiana IoT Lab.

How AI, IoT, and big data will shape the future of cybersecurity
2018-06-20 13:12

There are more connected devices than people on the planet, says IBM Security Vice President Caleb Barlow. We have to shift our thinking now about how we manage device security.

Execs don’t believe their companies learn the right lessons in cybersecurity
2018-06-20 12:15

A majority of executives around the world feel their organizations can do better when it comes to learning from their past cyber mistakes, according to the results of a newly released global...

CyberMap: Live map of Israel’s cybersecurity ecosystem
2018-06-19 22:33

During CyberWeek 2018, YL Ventures launched CyberMap, the first live map of Israel’s cybersecurity ecosystem. The live landscape enables interactive filtering based on: company category, funding...

Inside the Legislative and Regulatory Minefield Confronting Cybersecurity Researchers
2018-06-19 12:01

Legislation – especially complex legislation – often comes with unintended consequences. The EU’s General Data protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force May 25, 2018, is an example of...

Free Societies are at a Disadvantage in National Cybersecurity
2018-06-19 11:54

Jack Goldsmith and Stuart Russell just published an interesting paper, making the case that free and democratic nations are at a structural disadvantage in nation-on-nation cyberattack and...

Cybersecurity Insurance: How Underwriting Is Changing
2018-06-18 20:03

Cybersecurity insurers, faced with growing demand, are looking for new ways to better measure their risks, says Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard. So some are moving toward more...