Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga, has introduced the bipartisan Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act of 2013 (H.R. 1913). Its purpose is to require app developers to maintain privacy policies, obtain consent from consumers before collecting data, and securely maintain the data they collect.
17 May 2013
The European Union could soon consider a proposal that would give law enforcement the ability to engage in “offensive hacking,” i.e., compromise private infrastructure and systems to gather information via spyware, delete data or even take servers offline completely when there is probable cause to suspect cybercriminal activity.
16 May 2013
Infosecurity Europe has released basic figures on last month’s eighteenth annual exhibition and conference: pre-ABC audit figures show a 6% increase in visitors over 2012 to 13,200, with more than 70 new exhibitors.
15 May 2013
Cost and lack of support, training, and management approval are the roadblocks standing in the way of secure development, said Steve Lipner, partner director of programme management in Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft, in a press conference at Security Development Conference in San Francisco, May 14 2013.
15 May 2013
Opening the Security Development Conference in San Francisco, May 14 2013, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Trustworthy Computing, Scott Charney, called for vendors and governments to follow Microsoft’s lead in conforming to the ISO 27034-1 standard.
14 May 2013
The EC has proposed a standardized General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) across Europe, claiming it will save business £billions. The UK says it will cost business £millions. The ICO commissioned London Economics to find out who is right.
14 May 2013
Security shouldn’t get in the way of doing business and closing sales, but many organizations are wrestling with data protection strategies that block employees' ability to get the information they need to do their jobs. Almost half of all employees in a recent survey admitted to bypassing security regulations in order to get their job done. That's breeding apathy, too: 40% admitted that if they were breached no one would notice.
10 May 2013
Eleanor Dallaway, editor of Infosecurity magazine, interviews Mark Raeburn of Context Information Security at Infosecurity Europe 2013 in London.
10 May 2013
Drew Amorosi, deputy editor of Infosecurity magazine, interviews Canon Europe's director of information security at Infosecurity Europe 2013.
10 May 2013
As the influx of personal mobile devices into the workplace continues apace, a new survey shows that security is both the top concern and top measure for success for enterprises implementing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs.
09 May 2013