US charges Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act
The US Department of Justice has hit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 charges related to illegally obtaining, receiving and disclosing classified information related …
Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in the European Union a year ago this month. GDPR, which gives EU citizens more control over their personal data …
Three ways GDPR benefits US companies
It’s hard to believe we’ve almost reached the one-year anniversary of the date the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Leading up to that May 25, 2018 …
How much does the average employee know about data privacy?
With the impacts and repercussions of the looming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on the minds of many privacy professionals, new research from MediaPRO shows more work …
SEC demands better disclosure for cybersecurity incidents and threats
As companies increasingly rely on networked systems and on the Internet, cybersecurity threats have grown. Companies that fall victim to a successful cyberattack incur …
Latest numbers show why BEC/EAC scams are here to stay
Extortion has become the second most often reported type of cybercrime, but BEC/EAC scams still reign supreme when it comes to monetary loss (or criminals’ earnings), …
FileTSAR: Free digital forensic investigations toolkit for law enforcement
Purdue University cybersecurity experts have created FileTSAR, an all-in-one digital forensic investigations toolkit for law enforcement. About FileTSAR FileTSAR, which stands …
Unsurprisingly, only 14% of companies are compliant with CCPA
With less than 10 months before the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect, only 14% of companies are compliant with CCPA and 44% have not yet started the …
Privileged credential abuse is involved in 74% of data breaches
Most IT decision makers are not prioritizing Privileged Access Management (PAM) practices and solutions, despite knowing privileged credential abuse is involved in almost …
Consumer attitudes towards security breaches are changing significantly
Transatlantic businesses face greater short-term pain in the US but less long term retribution in the UK following a security breach, according to new data from payment …
Four differences between the GDPR and the CCPA
By passing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January 1, 2020, the Golden State is taking a major step in the protection of consumer data. …
RSA Conference 2019 USA: What you can expect at this year’s event
It’s that time of year: RSA Conference 2019 USA is a little over a month away. To prepare, we asked Britta Glade, Director of Content and Curation for RSA Conference, to tell …