U.N. cyber security officials are sending their most serious cyber warning ever to member nations, warning of the spying capabilities of the Flame virus.
A new master's degree track at NYU-Poly, also offered online, will teach students both management and cyber skills to better defend institutional data.
One in four companies has suffered data loss in the past two years
May 21, 2012
One in four companies has suffered data loss in the past two years as 32 percent of surveyed IT professionals state that data loss is their biggest worry this year.
According to the Internet Crime Report, 2011 marked the third year in a row that the IC3 received more than 300,000 complaints. The 314,246 complaints represent a 3.4 percent increase over 2010.
Public-private partnerships in the security industry are nothing new. Private sector companies have paired up with law enforcement and government agencies for centuries as a business strategy to reduce risk and save money. But the number and size of private security companies and departments have grown exponentially over the past 25 years. Private security concerns, including mitigating terrorist threats, monitoring solutions, compliance issues, cyber security and communication, often overlap with public security problems and thus have increased the demand for protection against loss and liability.