When news of comprehensive and potentially unconstitutional surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) first broke some weeks back, by and large, the general public seemed to be hearing about its work for the first time.
Browsing: Security Awareness
My last blog argued that the technical reliance on anti-malware must end if we are to meet the challenges of contemporary cyber threats to both consumers and enterprises.
Within Information Security Operations the derived value is in the response to correlated data. These sources typically tend to scale horizontally as organizations buy into further hard assets to assist them in mining the Big Data for answers.
The new scheme will go together with other information security initiatives including Get Safe Online.
America’s largest commercial ports have failed to shore up defenses against potential cyber attacks, a new study contends, raising concerns about the vulnerability of computer networks that help move energy, foodstuff and other goods to market.
The third annual Web Application Vulnerability Report from Context Information Security shows that despite increased awareness and understanding of web application security, the level of vulnerabilities in web apps remains largely unchanged.
Cyber security spending for critical infrastructure totalled US$41.76 billion globally in 2012, according to an ABI Research report.
Lord Leveson was yesterday called to appear before MPs – amid growing anger at his failure to reveal widespread phone-hacking by big business.
Despite a high level of headline-grabbing hacks and the fact that criminal hackers run huge markets of information for sale upon request, most businesses whose confidential information has been hijacked don’t realize how much damage can be caused.
The UK Home Office has launched a new £4m information security awareness campaign, designed to educate businesses and consumers about rising hacker threats. The first stage of the campaign is due to get underway in the autumn.