Ideas
How a Cloud-Security Scaffolding Can Protect Your Multicloud Landscape
Different cloud environments have different security needs. Here’s how to create a cloud-security scaffolding to strengthen protections while reducing manual support.
Cybersecurity
Report Shows Global Financial Giants Are at Risk of Cyberattacks
A new report by Constella Intelligence raises questions as to whether the sector is doing enough to protect itself.
Cybersecurity
DOJ to Hit Government Contractors with ‘Very Hefty Fines’ If They Fail to Disclose Data Breaches
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco promised to use an existing law to go after contractors that don't follow required cybersecurity standards.
Ideas
Prioritizing Breach Prevention for a Secure Government
A more secure government happens when hackers are stopped before they can touch critical data and systems—when a breach is prevented, not mitigated.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Nearly 3 in 4 Organizations Suffered Data Breaches Due to Phishing
More than half of respondents indicated concerns about hybrid work environments and defending against malicious emails.
Ideas
People Don't Realize They're Data Breach Victims
The researchers found participants were not aware of 74% of the breaches.
Ideas
Ransomware, Data Breach, Cyberattack: What Do They Have to Do with Your Personal Information, and How Worried Should You Be?
Even if your data has not been exposed yet, why not take the time now to protect yourself?
Digital Government
Senate Bill Would Force Companies to Safeguard Consumer Data
The bill outlines “reasonable” duties of care, loyalty and confidentiality for companies to follow or face fines.
Ideas
It’s Time for a Cybersecurity Quid Pro Quo
Require companies to disclose breaches to the government in exchange for legal liability limitations.
Cybersecurity
FTC Approves Settlement with Travel Company that Exposed Database of Customers’ Information
The agency ordered SkyMed International to shore up its information security practices.
Podcasts
Critical Update: The Government’s Cloud Anxiety
As more federal agencies shift to cloud computing, officials are reexamining the responsibilities customers and service providers must bear to secure data.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Take Data for Further Reconnaissance in Breach of Federal Agency
Initial access to the agency’s system was possibly due to failure to fix a known VPN vulnerability, a patch for which was released in April 2019.
Cybersecurity
IG: CBP Responsible for 2019 Biometrics Breach, Though No Federal Networks Were Compromised
A ransomware attack on a Customs and Border Protection vendor leaked facial images on more than 184,000 travelers—something agency security and policy should have prevented.
Cybersecurity
Audit: HUD Doesn’t Ensure Sensitive Data It Shares Is Secure
A Government Accountability Office pointed to high turnover rates for top privacy and IT security officials as a reason for the agency's poor performance.
Cybersecurity
46,000 Veterans' Data Exposed In Financial Services Center Breach
Hackers were able to divert payments headed to private sector health care providers.
Cybersecurity
CISA, International Counterparts Highlight Mistakes Organizations Make After a Cyber Intrusion
A lot of what’s necessary to appropriately respond to a cyber incident should happen way in advance.
Digital Government
Survey: Nearly 3 in 4 Americans Want More Government Oversight on Data Privacy
Slightly less than half of Americans say they wouldn’t share any sort of sensitive information with a business for any reason.
Cybersecurity
Using Automated Security Protocols Reduce the Cost of Data Breaches, Report Says
U.S. agencies lead in adopting security automation and orchestration, an expert said.
Cybersecurity
CIA Report Prompts Call for DHS Cyber Authority Over Intelligence Agencies
Senator asks the director of national intelligence why his office hasn’t implemented a basic anti-phishing tool like the rest of the government.
Cybersecurity
U.S. Marshals Service Breach Exposed Personal Data of 387,000 Prisoners
The agency notified affected individuals this month after learning about the intrusion in December.
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