Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast Oct. 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. As a result, business continuity plans are being put to the test. How are governments, financial institutions and healthcare organizations responding?
Connecticut is working to improve its cyber incident response, including updating its breach notification law and enacting a privacy task force. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen explains why.
As the remnants of Hurricane Sandy move north and west, IT security leaders and staff help pull together resources to make sure key systems remain available and secure.
It's been compared to the 'perfect storm,' but Hurricane Sandy is unlike any storm we've seen, says Alan Berman of DRI. He believes organizations have planned well for recovery.
Organizations everywhere should be concerned about DDoS attacks. But most are too focused on compliance to pay enough attention to fraud and security fundamentals, says ENISA's John Walker.
As banking institutions await a new wave of DDoS attacks, one security vendor says it foresaw one rare -but effective - element of these attacks as far back as 2006. What can banks expect to see next?
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the U.S. east coast, many government offices, businesses and schools have closed. Organizations will soon learn: Are their business continuity plans sufficient?
Malicious attacks utilizing trusted URLs or websites continue to pose greater risks for organizations, says IBM's Rick Miller, who details the attacks and strategies to mitigate them.
Hurricane Sandy threatens buildings, staff and data alike, posing a daunting challenge to business continuity pros. Disaster recovery expert Regina Phelps offers tips for weathering the storm.
How should organizations considering cyber insurance start the process? Cyber liability lawyer Richard Bortnick offers three steps in determining the type of cyber liability coverage they should seek.
The late summer breach wasn't discovered until Oct. 10, but the state waited more than two weeks before notifying the public. Gov. Nikki Haley says the state will provide taxpayers with one year of credit monitoring and identity protection.
Distributed-denial-of-service attacks on U.S. banking institutions will continue, says Akamai's Mike Smith. And he believes the attackers aren't out just to embarrass the banks, but to commit fraud.
Data theft continues to increase in frequency. Threats from employee theft, employee negligence, and third party entities such as consultants, contractors, processors, marketers and other outside professionals put your company in danger of a data breach.
In today's workplace data breaches are at their highest...
In the wake of recent DDoS attacks against banks, most institutions are missing a prime opportunity to educate their customers about security, says Gregory Nowak of the Information Security Forum.
Barnes & Noble is the latest retailer to be hit by a point-of-sale breach. Why do security experts and card issuers say POS breaches are pushing card fraud to a tipping point?
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