Security News

DARPA Funding in AI-Assisted Cybersecurity
2018-04-10 11:11

DARPA is launching a program aimed at vulnerability discovery via human-assisted AI. The new DARPA program is called CHESS (Computers and Humans Exploring Software Security), and they're holding a...

Should HHS Offer Incentives for Cybersecurity Frameworks?
2018-04-04 23:39

AMA Proposes Exemption from HIPAA Risk Analysis for Doctors Who Use a FrameworkShould federal regulators provide physicians with a free pass from having to conduct a HIPAA risk analysis or face a...

Would automation lead to improved cybersecurity?
2018-04-04 12:15

Concerted efforts to increase job satisfaction, automation in the Security Operations Center (SOC) and gamification in the workplace are key to beating cybercriminals at their own game, according...

UK.gov unveils cyber security export strategy – only thing missing is the strategy
2018-04-01 00:00

More b*llsh... IT The UK government has published a details-light "cyber security export strategy" intended to help local SMEs win contracts abroad - despite having struggled to boost its own...

Are there too many cybersecurity companies?
2018-03-30 12:30

The most potent global threat in 2018 may not be armed conflict or civil unrest, but cybersecurity. While cybersecurity awareness has increased with high profile breaches in recent years, the core...

New coalition aims to advance cybersecurity across sectors, around the world
2018-03-28 11:45

Six global organizations have joined together to launch The Coalition to Reduce Cyber Risk (CR²). CR² members, including AT&T, Cisco, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard and Microsoft will partner...

The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity
2018-03-28 10:54

Criminals and Nation-state Actors Will Use Machine Learning Capabilities to Increase the Speed and Accuracy of Attacks Scientists from leading universities, including Stanford and Yale in the U.S....

Former Barclays CISO to Head WEF's Global Center for Cybersecurity
2018-03-26 17:46

Troels Oerting to Head the Global Centre for Cybersecurity The 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland, in January announced the formation of a new Global...

Half-Baked Security Approaches: What Cybersecurity Can Learn from Legal Weed
2018-03-26 15:13

Context is everything: connecting the dots between indicators of interesting activity across different aspects of an environment is the way to provide unparalleled alert fidelity.