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Will blockchain power the next generation of data security?

Issued by: Help Net Security

Cryptomania is dominating conversations from Silicon Valley to Wall Street. But ‘cryptocurrency’ is only one implementation of the underlying technology innovation that has the ability to transform the way future technology products are designed and built. Of course, that technology is blockchain, the decentralized digital ledger that makes Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies possible. First, we…

Network Security

Strengthening Cybersecurity’s Weakest Links With Deep Network Insights

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Like a chain forged of steel, cybersecurity is only as strong as its weakest link. But how can we gain visibility into where these weaknesses exist and how they are being exploited? How can we determine where gaps occur that impact our ability to protect against, detect and respond to the latest threats? Studies have…

Malware & Threats

Know Your Security X’s and O’s: Your Cyberdefense Team Is Only as Good as Its Threat Intelligence

Issued by: Security Intelligence

All of us in the security industry realize that we face a virtually insurmountable task to ensure that the data belonging to our organizations and customers is kept safe and secure. If you step back and think about it, the list of potential perpetrators is daunting in scope. It includes cybercriminals, hacktivists, foreign governments, and…

Malware & Threats

Tracking Malicious Insiders: Catch Me If You Can

Issued by: Security Intelligence

The idea of malicious insiders stealing valuable assets brings to mind a picture of masked men breaking into a bank vault or museum and making a getaway with their illicit stash. But what if the enemy is one of us — someone who knows exactly where we keep our most valuable items, how we safeguard…

Network Security

IDG Contributor Network: You can’t protect what you can’t see

Issued by: CSO

How many of us would hire a home security company that sent a representative to our house to tell us to remove all our lightbulbs so that it was pitch black inside? Sure, it would make it much more difficult for the burglars to find their way around. But with no way to turn the…

Network Security

CISOs are feeling less confident than ever about cyber risk and data security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Chief Information Security Officers are feeling less confident than ever about cyber-risk and data security this year, according to a survey conducted by Ponemon Institute in late 2017. As today’s climate of high-profile data breaches continues, 67% of respondents believe their companies are more likely to fall victim to a cyberattack or data breach in 2018….

Application Security

Uber in Legal Crosshairs Over Hack Cover-up

Issued by: Security Week

Two US states on Wednesday confirmed they are investigating Uber’s cover-up of a hack at the ride-sharing giant that compromised the personal information of 57 million users and drivers. Uber purportedly paid data thieves $100,000 to destroy the swiped information — and remained quiet about the breach for a year. That decision evidently came despite…

Network Security

Data Storage and Encryption Should Top the CISO’s To-Do List

Issued by: Security Intelligence

In today’s digitized world, data storage and encryption are surely top of mind for most chief information officers (CIOs). But given the increasing regulations and privacy implications surrounding data security, these measures should also be on the chief information security officer (CISO)’s agenda. Most organizations need to house massive amounts of data to comply with…