Security News

New infosec products of the week: August 16, 2019
2019-08-16 05:30

BitSight Enterprise Analytics enables more effective risk management BitSight Enterprise Analytics helps security and risk leaders gain insight into the impact of risk introduced at the...

HITRUST is pioneering a new approach to infosec control maturity scoring
2019-08-12 01:30

HITRUST, a leading data protection standards development and certification organization, announced a new initiative to incentivize information security teams working towards better information...

Coinbase infosec spotted phishy process spawned by Firefox
2019-08-09 23:56

Elaborate zero-day browser break-out betrayed by unusual behavior Coinbase chief information security officer Philip Martin this week published an incident report covering the recent attack on the...

Your mid-week infosec news bonanza: Cisco bugs, VMware-Nvidia guest escapes, KDE hijacking, and more
2019-08-07 00:40

Including: Microsoft spins up Azure security lab, offers more bug bounty cash Roundup Before letting the IT staff clock out early this week, make sure they read up on the following security...

New infosec products of the week: August 2, 2019
2019-08-02 05:00

Qualys is making its Global IT Asset Discovery and Inventory app available to all businesses for free Qualys is making its Global IT Asset Discovery and Inventory app available to all businesses...

Fed-up graphic design outfit dangles cash to anyone who can free infosec of hoodie pics
2019-08-01 08:04

Make stock images great again! Uninspired by the stock imagery used by the media to depict cybersecurity, a graphic design group is offering cash prizes to anyone who comes up with something more...

New UK Home Sec invokes infosec nerd rage by calling for end to end-to-end encryption
2019-07-31 14:28

Yep, Patel continues age-old tradition. Plus: Five Eyes word games Newly assigned UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has declared war on encryption safeguards, demanding they be torn up for the...

Brit infosec firms urge PM Boris to reform the Computer Misuse Act
2019-07-29 09:00

Let us compete globally, say threat intel outfits A group of British infosec companies has written to UK prime minister Boris Johnson asking him to reform the Computer Misuse Act 1990, saying the...

New infosec products of the week: July 26, 2019
2019-07-26 05:15

Centrify unveils free cloud-based PAM offering for organizations that do not have a password vault Centrify’s Free Tier Vault is available immediately in the AWS Marketplace, enabling...

How to improve the hiring and retaining of infosec professionals?
2019-07-25 05:44

The cybersecurity staffing and skills shortage is a well-known reality and the situation is predicted to get worse in the coming years. There are many problems There are several reasons for the...