Driven by the EU's General Data Protection Regulation and other regulations, as well as the move to the cloud, more organizations are turning to data classification to help them silo and protect their most sensitive information, says Tony Pepper, CEO of Egress.
Michael Jones of Domain Tools says that studying domain ownership information gives organizations "contextual data around domains that may be attacking them," thus allowing them to better block attacks, avoid malicious sites and combat phishing campaigns.
Electric car manufacturer Tesla has sued a former employee for sabotage, alleging that he "unlawfully hacked the company's confidential and trade secret information" and gave it to third parties while leaving a trail designed to implicate other employees. The ex-employee, however, claims he's a whistleblower.
Cybersecurity insurers, faced with growing demand, are looking for new ways to better measure their risks, says Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard. So some are moving toward more carefully scrutinizing the cybersecurity postures of their potential clients.
Look at information security through the lens of business risk, and you'll begin to make decisions about security in light of their impact on the business. With security threats emerging faster than ever, what if your most important information is not protected? What strategic business advantage do you gain if it is...
For at least the third time in recent months, a mobile fitness app maker apparently has exposed consumers' sensitive personal information. The latest app to expose data: PumpUp.
Have you heard the statistics supporting the fact that every enterprise - from airlines and appliance manufacturers to banks and hospitals - needs to make a digital transformation? By 2020, 72% of the world's employees will be mobile workers, more than 20B devices will be connected to the internet of things and we'll...
Recent apparent hack attacks against Canadian banks, the sentencing of a Canadian for helping enable the Yahoo breach, and the Equifax breach's impact in Canada all point to the need to be more aggressive in ramping up cybersecurity efforts in light of emerging threats.
Protecting data has become more challenging as...
A former CIA software engineer who is facing child pornography charges is a possible suspect in the largest-ever leak of classified information from the spy agency. While Joshua A. Schulte has not been charged with the leak, prosecutors have indicated they will soon indict him.
Since mobile banking usage is set to grow exponentially, banks must overcome structural challenges and
reconcile consumers' appetite for ease of use with the desire for greater security.
There are a growing number of fintech startups that have been able to overstep the legacy cost structures
and regulatory...
For over a decade, a crucial part of fraud detection has been assigning an identity to every laptop, tablet, and mobile device that accesses a website or app. Such a fingerprint is a representation of hundreds of different device-specific values taken from an end user's device.
Today's device fingerprinting...
One of the leading mobile-based financial services targeted at millennials approached Simility to help fight fraud. Simility provided an end-to-end solution which included customized models for their specific needs.
Fraudsters were using the company's customer accounts to funnel money via stolen identities. But...
Compliance comes down to behavior. Ask yourself: are your users utilizing protected data sets in an appropriate manner? While most organizations focus on establishing security controls around access, the true test of compliance revolves around visibility into what users do after accessing data.
In the financial...
At its core, compliance for HIPAA is simply about maintaining patient privacy by ensuring your users appropriately access and use patient data. Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions provide detail around when patient data is accessed.
The challenge, however, is the lack of visibility into what users do with...
Look at information security through the lens of business risk, and you'll begin to make decisions about security in light of their impact on the business. With security threats emerging faster than ever, what information is most important to protect? What happens if it's not protected? What strategic business...
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