Smart home security and privacy checklist
Today’s homes are being built and retrofitted with smart apps and devices to monitor things like security, temperature and lighting. Homeowners and renters should be cognizant …
Think twice about Android root
In recent years the practice of Android rooting, that is the process of allowing an Android phone or tablet to bypass restrictions set by carriers, operating systems or …
Wargame teaches senior leaders about strategic threats and risks
On Oct. 13 Booz Allen and the FC2 held a cybersecurity wargame simulation for senior officials in the public and private sectors at the University of South Florida, the home …
Employee activities that every security team should monitor
Next time you are at a cocktail party with a group of IT security professionals, try this icebreaker – “Which of the following user activities could open the door to a data …
8 key online fraud behaviors and patterns
Sift Science examined data from 1.3 million online transactions and profiles in various industries from August 2014 to August 2015. Data was cross-referenced with third-party …
Why everyone should care about two-factor authentication
In the age of BYOD, corporate employees and consumers alike have access to incredible computing power in the palms of their hands. With almost our entire digital lives …
Internet of Things: Rethinking privacy and information sharing
It is hard to imagine a world where the Internet of Things (IoT) is our collective “normal” – when our interaction with devices around us is so embedded in our lives, how we …
Top 3 trends in today’s threat landscape
Every day there seems to be a new malware threat that we hear about, from remotely controlling cars and medical equipment, to attacks on well-known security vendors such as …
Existing security standards do not sufficiently address IoT
A lack of clarity and standards around Internet of Things (IoT) security is leading to a lack of confidence.According to the UK IT professionals surveyed by ISACA, 75 percent …
When it comes to breaches, time is the biggest challenge
A new SANS report includes results of a survey that polled 430 security and risk professionals from the SANS community, all working in private and public sector organizations …
How to become a nightmare for cyber attackers
Chris Nickerson, CEO of Lares Consulting, has been a penetration tester for the last 15 year or so. He headed red teams targeting systems and environments known and unknown, …
Internet of Things: Connecting the security dots from application design to post-sale
The age of Internet of Things is upon us. While it’s still early days, Gartner predicts that by 2020, the Internet of Things will be made up of 26 billion connected devices …
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