There has been a lot of talk about the need for improved cybersecurity information sharing between the private sector and governments in the last year. And there certainly will be more this year, you can count on it. The thought being that the more information governments and private sector have about cybersecurity trends, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques the more nimble and directed (and hopefully effective) IT security defenses could be.
The first U.S. holiday season with chip and PIN technology in place is freshly behind us. Now, we must wait to gauge the impact on credit card transaction security, and on retail purchasing in general.
High-tech start-ups aiming to expand globally usually face one main, immediate barrier - the lack of business and strategy knowledge needed to drive growth for the technology they have built, says Bitdefender’s founder, Florin Talpeș, in a panel about innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe hosted by DLD (Digital-Life-Design) in Munich.
In light of recent terrorist and cyber-terrorist attacks, European states have more seriously focused on measures that could be taken to prevent future attacks and bring to justice those responsible or associated with terrorist activities.
It’s 2016, and it would be nice to think that after several years of doing business online, companies have got a better handle on how to protect their websites from attacks.
I’m afraid I have depressing news for you. Many sites are continuing to make big mistakes.
Well-known threats like cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks continue to challenge many websites, including household names.
Take eBay, for instance.
More than half of C-level managers define the prevention of data leaks as the main priority for their organization in 2016, with business continuity/disaster recovery resilience and identity and access management coming second and third, according to a recent survey.
