India's cybersecurity co-ordinator, Dr Gulshan Rai, finds the cyber world becoming more complex with growth in interconnected devices and emphasizes a multi-stakeholder approach in building a cybersecure nation.
Buoyed by massive illicit profits, cybercriminals have continued to refine their ransomware attacks, including updating their crypto techniques to foil decryption tools, encrypting file names and threatening to leak stolen secrets.
To adequately protect their data, organizations need to go far beyond traditional controls and implement a "data-centric security" approach, says Informatica's Robert Shields, who describes the essential elements of the strategy.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a Guide to Application Whitelisting that provides step-by-step instructions on deploying automated application whitelisting to help prevent malware from accessing IT systems.
To avoid having their organizations exploited by teenage hackers, boards of directors worldwide need to get serious about security. Here are five lessons to be learned from the latest TalkTalk data breach.
The quantity and duration of distributed denial-of-service attacks continue to increase. The latest attacks are being launched via MySQL servers infected with Chikdos malware, as well as compromised Internet-connected CCTV systems, researchers say.
Brijesh Singh, CISO for the state of Maharashtra and IG of CID, says that the threat is evolving in such a manner that it is impossible for law enforcement alone to tackle it. "All of our traditional models of policing, they don't work here."
Symantec new Advanced Threat Protection solution aims at consolidating its key security offerings to enable organizations to remediate advanced threats effectively. Symantec's Kaura shares details, strategy in an interview.
As more banks and government agencies stop providing free BlackBerries to employees, the beleaguered smartphone manufacturer is attempting to reboot with the launch of its first Android smartphone, dubbed Priv for privacy.
In this video interview, Mike Weber of Coalfire Labs discusses ways that healthcare organizations can develop strategies for easily sharing patient data among clinical professionals using a variety of devices while protecting that data from attackers.
Security may be doomed to remain misunderstood and perceived as a business hurdle if it continues to speak technology. Security needs to speak the language of risk to the business, argues Dr. Siva Subramaniam, Global CISO Bharti Airtel.
A quiet life in retirement? Not for Art Coviello, former executive chairman of RSA. He's just joined the boards of two new security ventures, Bugcrowd and Cylance, and he's got big ideas for how to influence the 2016 cybersecurity agenda.
LifeLock says it has reached a tentative agreement on a settlement with the FTC regarding alleged information security shortcomings and other issues. It says it's also reached agreement on a proposed settlement of a related consumer class action lawsuit. The stock market reacted favorably to the announcements.
While sophisticated cyberattacks and high-profile mega-breaches get most of the attention, European fraud experts say less sophisticated attacks are far more common and pose a greater fraud risk. At ISMG's Fraud Summit in London, they called for global collaboration to fight fraud.
Cisco plans to acquire network security vendor Lancope, its latest in a series of acquisitions of companies specializing in information security. Learn why analysts say the deal makes sense.
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