Yahoo is appealing to the U.S. director of national intelligence to declassify an order that allegedly required the company to install secret spying software that scanned incoming email accounts for specific content.
Yahoo, now negotiating its sale to Verizon, has posted an increase in quarterly profits and page views, bolstering its case that its massive data breach didn't irrevocably damage its value. But with ad revenues in decline, time is running out.
More than half of surveyed security leaders rate their organizations' current anti-malware protection above average or superior. And yet ...
54 percent say their organizations have experienced ransomware in the past year;
25 percent say they struggle with threat detection;
51 percent say their current anti-virus...
How Effective Are Your Current Anti-Malware Tools for Keeping Endpoints Secure?
More than half of surveyed security leaders rate their organizations' current anti-malware protection above average or superior. And yet ...
54 percent say their organizations have experienced ransomware in the past year;
25...
The National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center aims to better engage smaller healthcare organizations in cyber threat information sharing, leveraging funds from two recent federal grants. Denise Anderson, president of NH-ISAC, describes the plans in this in-depth interview.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report leads off with an analysis of the PCI Security Standards Council's new requirements that are designed to help thwart attempts to defeat encryption in point-of-sale devices.
It's a story you'll watch unfold time and time again. The breach. The headlines. The confusion. The public apologies. The finger-pointing. And it's often followed by some form of the following statement: "But I was compliant." Compliance is never enough. The challenges are understandable, but taking the path of least...
The rising cost of pharmaceuticals is an unfortunate reality that can render patients unable to afford medication. This struggle was evident to Dr. Michael Rae who created the Rx Savings Solutions app that helps consumers save on prescription costs. Dr. Rae is a medical expert, but since technology is not his forte,...
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) began a search for a secure cloud solution for their Common Security Framework (CSF) application. CSF gives businesses the structure, detail and clarity needed to more efficiently and effectively meet healthcare regulatory compliance standards, including HIPAA.
The...
To help simplify the difficulties associated with HIPAA compliance, the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), a non-profit organization, collaborated with leaders in healthcare and information security to develop the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF). CSF is a certifiable security framework that scales...
Markus Jakobsson, Chief Scientist at Agari, has released a new book focused on socially-engineered schemes. What are the key takeaways, and how can security leaders improve their abilities to fight back against the schemers?
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker suggests that regulatory agencies should implement cyber threat information sharing programs with the businesses they regulate, not only to enhance their IT security, but to build a collaborative environment between the two, often adversarial sides.
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.
The Department of Health and Human Services is gearing up for its first-ever round of HIPAA compliance audits of business associates, and is also developing new guidance aimed at helping organizations deal with a surge in cyber threats.
The paradigm shift in security from prevention to detection and response has finally arrived in Asian markets, says Sid Deshpande, Gartner principal analyst, who shares insights on 2016 trends.
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