Cybersecurity Act sponsors intensify their campaign to enact the legislation that would change the way the government protects critical federal and private-sector IT networks as a group of key Republican senators offers an alternative bill.
Authorities link the suspects to attacks on U.S. and foreign government websites, financial services companies, government contractors and media companies.
What skills are needed to be an effective fraud examiner? My short answer is that, as with any discipline, there are certain skills and areas of knowledge one needs to learn to be successful.
Imperva would neither confirm nor deny it helped defend the Vatican website from a hacktivist assault last year, but the IT security provider's director of security, Rob Rachwald, explains how such an attack was constructed and defended.
What are the top global breach trends and threats that organizations should be watching? Wade Baker of Verizon offers insights gleaned from a new study of his group's latest investigations.
FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau will apply the methods it uses to combat terrorism along with old-fashioned gumshoe practices such as infiltration of criminal networks to battle cybercriminals.
A consortium of eight major information technology companies is continuing development of a free framework designed to make it easier to exchange information about security vulnerabilities.
With the threat landscape significantly different since it issued its guidance four years ago, NIST sets out to revise Special Publication 800-61, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide, with help from industry, government agencies and academia.
No one - not even a security vendor - is immune to cyber attacks. "It's not a question of if or when companies will face an attack, but how they're going to defend against it," says Symantec's Francis deSouza.
Not all hackers are the same, and that presents problems in defending against them. Understanding each type of hacker can help organizations better prepare for digital assaults.
"This is a unique program that fits the specific needs for upcoming and current IT security leaders and adds high enrichment to peer support and the learning experience," says Dena Haritos Tsamitis.
Concerns expressed by the National Security Agency director come at a time when Congress is split over the role government should perform in determining the security of the mostly privately owned national critical IT infrastructure.
Data breaches tied to credit and debit cards accounted for more than 25% of all breaches in 2011. What must banking institutions and merchants do to help reverse this trend?
Data breaches are under-reported, and breached organizations aren't giving consumers the information they need about these compromises, says Karen Barney of the Identity Theft Resource Center.
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