
NIST Looks to Secure the IoT
Among the most vulnerable points in networks ranging from home offices to the proposed Internet of Everything are radio frequency, or RF, links that will be used to tie ...Full Article
Slam the Door Against Insider Threats
When a banker falls behind on the mortgage, a physician gets arrested for driving under the influence, or a contractor is working on a sensitive federal construction site under ...Full Article
Old Passwords, Anonymity Software Suspected in Baseball Hack
The database hacking scandal rocking Major League Baseball raises new questions about how to secure insider information about the algorithms developed by professional sports teams to evaluate prospects and ...Full Article
To Improve Cybersecurity, Fire Some CEOs
Despite the amazing number of cybersecurity breaches, so far the Target CEO appears to have been the only one to pay the price. While we hear some calls for ...Full Article
RAND Corp: Manage Security Like a Business
Organizations must figure out a better way to manage cybersecurity like a business, using metrics to determine the relative return on investment (RROI), and constantly evaluating the lifecycle and ...Full Article
Study: NSA Spying Fallout Extends Beyond Cloud
U.S. National Security Agency digital surveillance programs that were previously estimated to cost U.S. cloud vendors as much as $35 billion in sales by 2016 could "far exceed" that ...Full Article
How to Avoid Being a Hacker Victim
Following in the wake of the recently publicized attacks on government databases and systems, all CIOs and chief security officers should assume their own organizations could be next and ...Full Article
Federal State of Cyber Insecurity: New Day, New Breach?
When the United States government accused China of hacking the Office of Personnel Management and gaining access to the records of 4 million current and former federal employees, it ...Full Article
Booming Security Market Reflects Shift to Cloud
Seemingly nonstop reports of network security breaches—the latest one at the Internal Revenue Service—and heightened awareness about the need to button down corporate infrastructure appears to be reflected in ...Full Article
Social Engineering Targets Weakest Security Link: Employees
Without ongoing employee training, an enterprise's expensive security infrastructure investment means little. But very few corporations protect themselves from the growing threat of social engineering. Today only 7 percent ...Full Article