Security News

Regulation readiness: Embracing the privacy legislation wave ahead
2019-06-19 05:44

There are a few certainties in life. Your attempt to use the fifteen-item express checkout line with sixteen items will be denied by the seventeen-year-old cashier. The motorcycle cop will write...

IoT Security Regulation is on the Horizon
2019-06-06 12:44

Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners hopes to see regulation for connected-device security in 2020.

News Wrap: Facebook Regulation, Verizon DBIR, Hidden Airbnb Cameras
2019-05-10 18:48

From a creepy Airbnb incident to Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report, Threatpost editors break down the top privacy and security stories for the week ended May 10.

UK Publishes Proposed Regulation for IoT Device Security
2019-05-03 13:55

The UK government has published a consultation document on the proposed regulation of consumer IoT devices. The consultation is not designed to see whether regulation is necessary, but to help the...

A wave of regulation is coming to the cryptocurrency economy
2019-05-03 04:30

There is a concerning trend of cross-border crypto payments leaving U.S. exchanges and entering offshore and untraceable wallets, a CipherTrace report reveals. In the twelve months ending March...

BigID new capabilities help enterprises scale responses to data access requests for privacy regulations
2019-05-03 04:20

BigID, the leader in ML-driven personal data discovery and privacy, announced first-of-their-kind data access rights management features to help enterprises automate fulfillment of personal data...

Australia's New Infosec Regulation: A Compliance Challenge
2019-04-30 15:03

Crunch Time as Deadline Approaches for CPS 234Health insurers and financial institutions across Australia are in the final stretch of preparing for a cybersecurity regulation that looks to put...

The leading sources of stress for cybersecurity leaders? Regulation, threats, skills shortage
2019-04-29 05:30

A perfect storm of regulation, increased threats and technological complexity is overwhelming cybersecurity decision makers, reveals new research from Symantec. Cybersecurity suffers from...

News Wrap: Amazon Echo Privacy, Facebook FTC Fines and Biometrics Regulation
2019-04-26 17:57

On this week's Threatpost news wrap, the team discusses Facebook's FTC fine for its data security practices, a report that Amazon is collecting Echo users' geolocation data, and more.

Eight Steps to Data Privacy Regulation Readiness
2019-04-25 13:37

This May marks the first anniversary of the European Union (EU)’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) having taken effect. The first statute of its kind, GDPR was a response to an increasing...