A safety communication released today by FDA calls for device manufacturers and healthcare facilities to take more steps to reduce the possibility of cyber attack within medical devices.
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A few days ago, the British government announced that farmers in two areas of the country would be allowed to shoot badgers. The measure represents an attempt to tackle bovine TB.
The NSA leaks perpetrated by Edward Snowden will easily go down as one of the biggest revelations of the year, if not the decade.
“Our observations suggest that the vast number of breaches occurring on an almost daily basis indicates that businesses – just like individuals – are still struggling to get the basics right when it comes to securing their data.” — David Gibson, Varonis Vice President
On Friday, May 31 at the Shangri-La Security Dialogue in Singapore, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that cyber threats posed a “quiet, stealthy, insidious” danger to the United States and other nations.
The front line in America’s battle to fight computer hackers from China and master electronic warfare isn’t on a far-away battlefield or at a diplomatic retreat. It’s in the rolling suburbs of Maryland outside Washington.
US whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday emerged from hiding in Hong Kong and revealed to the South China Morning Post that he will stay in the city to fight likely attempts by his government to have him extradited for leaking state secrets.
When The Guardian unveiled its profile of Edward Snowden, it included a picture of the 29-year-old contractor with his laptop.
If your business is relatively small, keeps a low profile, and isn’t involved in financial services or national defense, you might assume that data security isn’t a big issue for you.
Last week’s Pentagon report disclosing the breach that allowed Chinese hackers to infiltrate some of America’s most advanced weapons systems reveals the U.S.’s gaping online vulnerabilities and compels U.S. leaders to make cyber-security an issue of national priority.