Security News

GDPR and the Next Generation of Privacy Legislation
2018-07-23 16:18

Cisco's Michelle Dennedy on theSignificance of New Privacy LawsBarely one month after the enforcement date of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, California passed its own landmark new...

Privacy – can you have too much of a good thing? [PODCAST]
2018-07-20 10:02

Catch up with Day 4 of our Security SOS Week - here's the fourth episode of our week-long online security summit.

Privacy Advocates Say Kelsey Smith Act Gives Police Too Much Power
2018-07-19 11:00

This bill making its way through Congress would allow law enforcement to more easily uncover location data for cell phones from mobile carriers in an emergency.

Data Privacy Automation Provider Integris Software Raises $10 Million
2018-07-18 16:27

Integris Software, a Seattle-based provider of data privacy automation tools, today announced that it has raised $10 million through a Series A financing round led by Aspect Ventures. read more

Would More Telehealth Bring New Privacy, Security Concerns?
2018-07-13 19:48

Expansion of Medicare Payments for Telehealth Services ProposedAs part of a sweeping plan to "modernize" Medicare, federal regulators are also proposing to expand reimbursements for telehealth...

Analysis: California's Groundbreaking Privacy Law
2018-07-13 09:48

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features a discussion of California's groundbreaking new privacy law as well as an update on the potential impact of the hacker group responsible for...

Puzzling Health Dept. Privacy Incident Exposes HIV Data
2018-07-12 20:02

Thousands of Individuals' Data Was Allegedly Accessible to All Agency WorkersAn incident involving an unsecured database containing information about thousands of HIV/AIDS patients in Tennessee is...

Tim? Larry? We need to talk about smartphones and privacy
2018-07-12 04:14

Congress sends Apple and Alphabet a 'please explain', perhaps because Oracle asked Oracle’s busy backgrounding about Android privacy last year appears to have helped draw US lawmakers' attention...

Apple releases security updates, adds new privacy protection for iOS users
2018-07-10 14:30

Apple has released new versions of its many operating systems and software products, with fixes for a wide variety of vulnerabilities. The iOS update also comes with USB Restricted Mode, a new...

5 ways to protect your privacy
2018-07-09 19:19

Laws like Europe's GDPR are trying to give the user more control, but you can take matters into your own hands, explains Tom Merritt.