Security fatigue leads many to distrust personal data protection, can you blame them?
20 percent of Americans suffer from security fatigue and don’t trust anyone to protect their personal data. As a result, some people feel they need to take matters into their …
Week in review: Marriott breach details, public-interest technology, the quantum computer threat
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Marriott CEO reveals more details about the massive data breach Equifax CEO Mark Begor and Arne …
Unsecured Gearbest server exposes millions of shoppers and their orders
Chinese e-commerce giant Gearbest has exposed information and orders of millions of its customers through an unsecured Elasticsearch server, security researcher Noam Rotem and …
Thinking of threat intelligence as a contributing member of your security team
Threat intelligence is widely considered as a significant asset for organizations, but implementation of this intelligence within security operations can often be cumbersome. …
The quantum sea change: Navigating the impacts for cryptography
Professionals in cybersecurity and cryptography (and even non-IT executives) are hearing about the coming threat from quantum computing. It’s reaching the mainstream business …
Do people with malicious intent present the biggest threat to personal data?
Against the backdrop of a complex and growing cyber threat landscape, organizations are waking up to the fact that one of the biggest chinks in their armour against a data …
Is AI really intelligent or are its procedures just averagely successful?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms such as Deep Learning have become integral parts of our daily lives: they enable digital speech assistants or …
90% of consumers value additional security measures to verify mobile-based transactions
A strong majority of US adults value additional security measures for mobile transactions, with 90% reporting they would want the ability to approve some or all mobile device …
Data breach reports delayed as organizations struggle to achieve GDPR compliance
Businesses routinely delayed data breach disclosure and failed to provide important details to the ICO in the year prior to the GDPR’s enactment. On average, businesses waited …
Two thirds of Android antimalware apps are ineffective or unreliable
Choosing an effective Android antimalware app is a shot in the dark for many users and they may end up in more danger of malicious apps, not less. In fact, as the results of …
Public-interest technology: Why companies should get involved
“For the last 15 or 20 years, anything Silicon Valley companies did was seemingly in the public interest, and society has encouraged that view until quite …
Moving from traditional on-premise solutions to cloud-based security
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2019, Gary Marsden, Senior Director, Data Protection Services at Gemalto, talks about the feedback they’re …
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