Canonical Ltd., a British company that offers commercial support and services for the popular Ubuntu Linux open source operating system, is investigating a hack of its GitHub page over the weekend. The source code for the system was not affected, the company says.
Britain's privacy watchdog has proposed a record-breaking $230 million fine against British Airways for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation due to "poor security arrangements" that attackers exploited to steal 500,000 individuals' payment card data and other personal details.
Where is the data, who has access to it, and how is it being secured? These are among the top questions inherent in any third-party risk program. Cris Ewell, CISO of UW Medicine, shares insight from his experience managing vendor risk.
When it goes into effect in 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act will give citizens of that state greater control over their personal data. Ginger Armbruster, the chief privacy officer for the city of Seattle, believes this trend toward greater personal privacy will spread across the U.S.
For years, security leaders focused primarily on malicious insiders - those who intend to do harm to an organization. But CISOs are increasingly concerned about the accidental insider. And Anne-Marie Scollay of Axiom Law has a program targeting this growing threat.
The California Consumer Privacy Act likely represents the start of a new era of privacy laws designed to protect personal data, says Kelsey Finch of the Future of Privacy Forum.
In today's digital environment, protecting sensitive information and sales transaction data is of critical importance. Tim Horton of First Data explains the concept of "devaluing" data so it's worthless in the event of a breach.
Really good third-party cybersecurity risk management is essential to enterprise success. Done well it enables an organization to realize at the speed of business the benefits of outsourced systems and services. Done poorly it results in the business missing out on strategically important opportunities or, even worse,...
The traditional IAM strategy has been to tie individual users with a unique device. But that doesn't work in healthcare settings, where doctors and nurses often share multiple devices. Jigar Kadakia of Partners HealthCare talks about how he approaches this critical challenge.
Encouraged by the moves of medical device manufacturers, Jennings Aske, CISO of NY Presbyterian Hospital, says the "state of the union" of medical device security has improved dramatically. But what more is needed to mitigate risks?
Mark Bower of Egress Security offers timely insights on how healthcare organizations can mitigate insider threats, including focusing on generational differences in data use.
Healthcare information is a prime target for malicious attackers because it has a high value on the black market, says Amanda Rogerson of Duo Security, who calls for adoption of a "zero trust" model to boost security.
New York's Interfaith Medical Center is one of the first hospitals to fully implement a zero trust network security strategy. Chris Frenz, the hospital's CISO, explains why he adopted that approach and offers lessons learned from the transition.
The U.S. Cyber Command has issued a warning that attackers are attempting to exploit an older vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook to plant remote access Trojans or other types of malware within government networks. Some researchers say the exploits could be tied to an Iranian-backed threat group.
Reducing risk is a tall order, but IBM's Christopher Bontempo says healthcare security leaders can get immediate and measurable results by concentrating on two aspects: data security and incident response.
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