GFI Software highlights the problems of users’ carelessness with their credentials: who needs hacking skills when log-on details are just handed over?
22 May 2012
Cybersecurity is the top concern of US federal chief information officers (CIOs), according to a survey conducted by high-tech trade group TechAmerica and accounting firm Grant Thornton.
07 May 2012
The US government has seen a recent increase in attacks against industrial control systems that operate critical infrastructure, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official warned.
03 May 2012
A study by IBM’s Center for Applied Insights concludes that there are now three ‘types’ of CISO: influencers, protectors and responders. Evolution towards the ‘influencer’ role is necessary, and happening.
03 May 2012
These are questions that students and unfulfilled geeks continually ask; and ones that all security practitioners receive more than any other. DigiNinja has tried to find an objective response.
30 April 2012
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fined Phoenix Cardiac Surgery $100,000 for posting clinical and surgical appointments for its patients on a publicly available calendar, as well as for other violations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security rules.
27 April 2012
While the primary security stance faces outwards and is designed to keep hackers and malware outside of the system, organizations are increasingly aware that their own staff are also a potential - and in some cases an active - threat.
27 April 2012
The three companies represented on the keynote panel (G4S Secure Solutions, Steria UK, and Skipton Building Society) are very different; and their CISOs have very different views on the functioning of risk management within infosec.
25 April 2012
Chaired by Quocirca's Bob Tarzey, Network Rail's CISO Peter Gibbons and Yell's CISO Phil Cracknell led a lively discussion on the current and future role of the CISO.
25 April 2012
Significant attacks more than double, but one-in five companies still spend less than one percent of their IT budget on security, and more than half of small organizations do no security training at all.
24 April 2012