How much of a free hand should units within an enterprise have in deciding social media policy? DHS's inspector general and acting chief privacy officer don't always see eye to eye on how the department should govern social media use.
On the one-year anniversary of al-Qassam Cyber Fighters' first announcement about DDoS attacks against U.S. banks, experts discuss what may happen next, including whether the group will join forces with the Syrian Electronic Army.
Phishing attempts against bank employees are on the rise. How can institutions improve their defenses? Daniel Ingevaldson of Easy Solutions offers insights on how to combat advanced phishing techniques.
According to Gartner, 38% of companies will stop issuing laptops to employees by 2016. Clearly, BYO for laptops - and tablets and smartphones too - is a trend that is picking up steam. However, the apprehension about the best way to implement BYO is also growing with concerns around corporate compliance and...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is re-evaluating a set of its special publications because of concerns expressed by some leading cryptographers that the National Security Agency might have corrupted the guidance.
Organizations still have concerns about sharing too much data and threat intelligence to help thwart attacks. But EMC's Kathleen Moriarty says organizations' fears about intellectual property compromises are overblown.
For the first time the Ponemon Institute has conducted a study that reveals the facts behind the impact that weak threat intelligence is having on organizations.
Today's headlines and a barrage of marketing content lead many enterprise IT security and risk professionals to conclude that common cybercriminal tactics...
Apple's inclusion of a fingerprint scanner in its iPhone 5S is an important step toward bringing biometrics into the mainstream. But there's a long way to go before biometrics supplant passwords at the enterprise level.
Ransomware attacks are rising, and a resurgence of the banking Trojan Citadel after an earlier botnet takedown is partly to blame, McAfee Labs research shows. Malware expert Ryan Sherstobitoff analyzes the implications.
This document provides you with an understanding of common cybersecurity tests and assessments organizations can use to evaluate their security posture and the distinctions between them. It will help you more accurately determine which assessment may be appropriate for your organization's needs.
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No matter the size of your organization, advanced cyber-attacks represent a credible threat to your organization.
Security analyst firm Securosis and Dell SecureWorks collaborated on this guide to help:
Gather intelligence;
Mine for threat indicators;
Respond to alerts;
Break the attack process.
Account takeover is becoming more prevalent and difficult to combat as data breaches increase and phishing scams continue to evolve. In this white paper, NuData Security examines the recent trends relating to account takeover and makes recommendations in protecting against this financially destructive fraud.
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Special Publication 800-101 Revision 1 is aimed to help organizations develop procedures to deal with the explosion of mobile devices and to prepare specialists to conduct forensically sound examinations.
Scientists are discovering ways to make quantum key distribution a more cost-effective and efficient way to securely share encryption keys, but there's still a long way to go before the methods can be practically applied.
Even with the latest disclosures of the efforts the National Security Agency goes through to decrypt Internet communications, enterprises can take specific steps to protect their information from prying eyes.
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