Security News

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...

Regulating the IoT: Impact and new considerations for cybersecurity and new government regulations
2019-04-11 05:58

In 2019 we have reached a new turning point in the adoption of IoT – more markets and industries are migrating to a cloud-based infrastructure, and as the IoT continues to gain popularity and more...

Facebook's Call for Global Internet Regulation Sparks Debate
2019-04-02 05:05

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's call for "globally harmonized" online regulation raises questions about how internet platforms can deal with concerns about misinformation and abusive content...

Privacy Regulations Needed for Next-Gen Cars
2019-03-18 15:46

With wide deployment expected in the next decade, the driverless automobile landscape looks fraught – from road safety to data protection.

Facebook Smackdown: UK Seeks 'Digital Gangster' Regulation
2019-02-20 14:03

But Can New Laws and Greater Oversight Fix UK's 'Fake News' Challenges?Technology giants stand accused by a U.K. parliamentary committee of risking democracy in pursuit of profit, acting as...

​4 ways to prepare for GDPR and similar privacy regulations
2019-01-17 17:58

Data privacy is no longer a nice-to-have security commodity, but a must-have commodity.

BigID expands global sales organization to help enterprises meet worldwide privacy regulations
2019-01-16 04:00

BigID has expanded the company’s sales presence in Europe, Asia and LATAM to meet demand from new global privacy regulations. BigID has also appointed Michael Trites as senior vice president of...