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Ordinary employees, privileged users and the supply chain – such as contractors and third party service providers – are all conduits for a traditional insider …

There is a lot to like in the $6 billion Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program being administered by the DHS across more than 100 federal civilian agencies. The …

McAfee Labs researchers found that mobile app providers have been slow to address the most basic SSL vulnerabilities: improper digital certificate chain validation. In …

ENISA issued methodologies for the identification of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) services in communication networks. This study provides state of the art …

Already established as international best practice, the information security management standard ISO 27001 has become an effective weapon in the fight against cyber crime. It …

The U.S. crime rate continues to fall, according to the latest FBI’s release based on Uniform Crime Reporting from police departments, but researchers say those numbers, …

68% of US smartphone users are concerned about having their activity tracked to serve them targeted ads, suggesting that most smartphone users are uncomfortable with the idea …

The overwhelming majority of information security professionals believe end users are their biggest security headache, largely due to their tendency to click on suspicious and …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Google relaxes its rigid 90-day bug disclosure period Google has announced that its …

CISOs foresee cyber terrorism and cybercrime posing significant risks to their organizations over the next three years, according to Raytheon and the Ponemon Institute. The …

Cybercriminals are increasingly using persuasion techniques in order to manipulate employees to do things they normally wouldn’t, usually resulting in the loss of money …

While the frequency and severity of cyberattacks against organizations are on the rise, a majority of IT leaders do not feel confident in their leaderships’ ability to …