FBI Director James Comey delivered a statement this week announcing the FBI does not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State. While the findings of the investigation will be debated extensively, there are five data security lessons contained in the statement that apply to all organizations.
In the recent legal case between Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI wanted to force Apple to provide a security bypass to allow access to a dead gunman’s iPhone. Encrypted devices have been a bugbear of law enforcement agencies for some time and FBI Director James Comey has been vocal about the damage being done to investigations stating: “I don’t know why we would want to put people beyond the law.”
Are Bug Bounty programs effective at fixing vulnerabilities or simply crowdsourced security?
Not every security startup makes its founders multi-millionaires. For every billion-dollar success story, thousands of companies will develop security products you will never hear about, let alone buy
The problem for security professionals is a complex one – they need to update systems and processes to suit the new threat landscape, while trying to keep up with the threat of specialized and well-resourced cybercrime.