"Any bug, beacon or backdoor put into our critical systems could allow for a catastrophic and devastating domino effect of failures throughout our networks," says Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence.
DDoS attacks have existed for years. But the latest wave brings new threats to organizations. How should they defend against these attacks? Ashley Stephenson of Corero Network Security offers insights.
DDoS attacks have existed for years. But the latest wave brings new threats to organizations. How should they...
"Given the gravity of the threats we face in cyberspace, we want to get this right in addition to getting it done swiftly," White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden says of a proposed executive order to strengthen critical infrastructure IT.
Making an appearance twice a year just to ask for additional budget will not cut it. The CISO needs to make sure the board members know that he or she is a true enabler of the business.
A wave of distributed denial of service attacks on banks raises the question: Should the owners of the nation's critical information infrastructure, when assessing risk, be held to a higher standard because society relies on them to function?
Visa's Eduardo Perez says a new end-to-end encryption service expected to launch in early 2013 will improve card security at the merchant level. What makes this new service superior? Perez offers details.
Delaware Chief Security Officer Elayne Starkey leads hundreds of information security officers, many of whom have technical expertise in areas other than security. What can financial institutions learn from her new certification program that provides needed security know-how?
A cybergang threatens a blitz of Trojan attacks aimed at 30 U.S. banks, according to RSA. What steps should all banking institutions take now to prepare? RSA's Mor Ahuvia offers insight and advice.
Worldwide, banking institutions face evolving fraud threats. What are some of the new strategies and solutions they employ to fight back? ACI Worldwide's Patrick Higgins and Andy Morris share insights.
Phishing attacks took a surprising dip in late summer, according to fraud trends tracked by RSA. But Limor Kessem says phishing attacks this fall should offset the decline. What are the latest trends?
Windows 8 is coming soon. What are the security updates in Microsoft's new operating system? Which questions should security leaders weigh before upgrading? Forrester's Chenxi Wang offers insight.
Some of the biggest threats to mobile banking and payments are the ones over which institutions have no direct control. How can they mitigate these risks? Mobile banking expert Tom Wills offers advice.
When managers commit financial fraud, their schemes tend to cost organizations twice as much as when non-managers instigate these crimes. That's one key finding of a new insider fraud study.
The past two waves of denial of service attacks against banks began on Tuesdays. Will new attacks start today? Security experts discuss the latest DDoS attacks and how organizations should respond.
Nearly five years after announcing a competition to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm, the National Institute of Standards and Technology announces a winner that was designed by a team of European scientists.
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