Canonical Ltd., a British company that offers commercial support and services for the popular Ubuntu Linux open source operating system, is investigating a hack of its GitHub page over the weekend. The source code for the system was not affected, the company says.
Increasingly, regulators are looking to hold individual executives accountable for data breaches. This is where attorney Aravind Swaminathan steps in to represent security leaders in legal actions. What are the potential liabilities?
Reducing risk is a tall order, but IBM's Christopher Bontempo says healthcare security leaders can get immediate and measurable results by concentrating on two aspects: data security and incident response.
With the volume of data breaches
and cyberattacks continuing to rise,
organizations are increasingly relying on
Breach and Attack Simulation tools to
provide more consistent and automated
validation of controls, says Cymulate's
Tim Ager.
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A former Equifax CIO who sold his stock in the company after learning about its 2017 data breach several months before the public and government agencies were informed has been sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading. Another former Equifax executive was sentenced on similar charges last year.
Increasingly, cyber attackers are molding technology and human intelligence into blended threats that prey upon vulnerable defenses. Chester Wisniewski of Sophos lays out how organizations can become more mature in preparedness and response.
The global nature of business and the presence and impact of cyber adversaries make it an organizational imperative to consistently re-assess the effectiveness of our security practices. Adopting best practices have become essential to consistently managing enterprise risk. Zero Trust offers security practitioners a...
As the challenge of battling fraud and preventing breaches grows ever more complex, the necessity of Infosec professionals to build a close working relationship with law enforcement is well known. But how can you make sure this relationship works well for both parties?
In this session, you'll hear the unique...
Creating a cybersecurity incident response plan is a fundamental requirement of any cybersecurity program - and a requirement of many global regulations, including GDPR and PCI DSS. During this workshop, Troutman Sanders partner Ron Raether will discuss the benefits of table top exercises. He then will explain how to...
A dental and vision insurer's revelation that it recently discovered a 9-year-old data security incident offers an extreme example of the difficulty some organizations have in detecting data breaches.
The 2019 Internet Security Threat Report takes a deep dive into insights from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network (GIN), revealing the latest trends in cyber security attacks including ransomware, formjacking, cloud security and mobile threats.
Through GIN, Symantec has established the largest civilian threat...
The number of individuals affected by a phishing-related breach disclosed in March by the Oregon Department of Human Services has nearly doubled, according to a new notification statement, which offers more details.
Bad news for anyone who might have hoped that the data breach problem was getting better. "Anecdotally, it just feels like we're seeing a massive increase recently," says Troy Hunt, the creator of the free "Have I Been Pwned?" breach-notification service. Unfortunately, he says, the problem is likely to worsen.
Organizations that want to ensure they have a solid cybersecurity strategy must ensure they rigorously pursue best practices, monitor their infrastructure, eliminate vulnerabilities as well as prepare for the worst, says Andrew Gogarty of Secon Cyber.
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