The Yahoo breach - and the theft of unencrypted security questions and answers - is a reminder to use unique passwords and security questions, store them using a password safe and take advantage of two-factor authentication whenever it's available.
Same-day Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment processing became a reality. While this represents a terrific opportunity for banks to be responsive to their customer's requirements for faster ACH payments, plus the ability to attract new customers from banks who choose not to offer the same level of responsiveness,...
Cloud computing has already led to a fundamental shift in the enterprise computing paradigm, and security now needs to follow, says Gartner's Steve Riley, who shares recommendations.
Security expert Sean Sullivan isn't surprised that the massive 2014 breach of Yahoo, which exposed at least 500 million account details, only recently came to light. Here's why, as well as what users must learn from this breach.
Forty-seven percent of survey respondents rate their organizations at above average or superior when it comes to provisioning, managing and attesting to identities and access to secured resources within their networks.
And yet ...
50 percent either know their organizations were breached in the past year, or they...
How do companies in the healthcare industry better manage risk and keep their most valuable data safe when stolen healthcare information commands such a high price on the dark web? Download the case study, "Proactively Challenge Cyber Threats in the Healthcare Industry," to learn how this healthcare organization...
Passwords' days are numbered as businesses attempt to deliver a better user experience to their online customers, as well as apply better identity management practices, says CA's Paul Briault.
A new research project called Amnesia tackles the password management problem by not storing full data in any one place where it can be hacked. But does this proposed solution truly offer better password security?
Today's organization needs to provide its employees, partners, applications and even networks access to its data and IT environment regardless of how they access it. But challenges regarding identity management and device compliance can make it very difficult to be secure in this increasingly complex IT world -...
Along with DNS, digital keys and certificates are at the foundation of any layered cybersecurity defense. Moreover, keys and certificates are akin to HLAs (Human Leukocyte Antigens) because they serve as unique identifiers giving authorized users access to encrypted systems.
But vulnerabilities, such as Heartbleed...
A Congressional proposal that would allow HHS to offer technical assistance to private-sector efforts aimed at solving the problem of matching the right records to the right patient could pave the way for a significant breakthrough, says Lynne Thomas Gordon, CEO of AHIMA, which represents records professionals.
Adoption of cloud applications and infrastructure is increasing. As a result, IT teams are expected to be experts in evaluating their features and capabilities. Deep knowledge of redundancy, global infrastructure, and SLAs has also become business critical. However, there is one section in the cloud service provider's...
The $900 million hospital is designed to offer the latest innovations in medical care, expanded trauma care, enhanced clinical programs, and advanced research directly affecting children.
Lurie Children's uses the latest in electronic health records (EHR), high-definition picture archiving and communications...
Ransomware, specifically cryptographic ransomware, has quickly become one of the greatest cyberthreats facing organizations around the world. This criminal business model has proven to be highly effective in generating revenue for cyber adversaries in addition to causing significant operational impact to affected...
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