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Lyft has released the company’s first-ever safety report, revealing 1,807 sexual assaults occurred in rides in 2019.

India's Ministry of Home Affairs has founded the Safe City project to identify gender-based crime hotspots and make public spaces safer for women in Bengaluru. Honeywell will provide over 7,000 cameras and a control center, among other assets, to the city.

Data shows a rise in ransomware claims from Q2 2020 through Q1 2021 (0.25% to 0.58% increase in frequency) but then a drop by 50% in Q2 2021 that largely sustained through Q3 2021, according to the Corvus Risk Insights Index.

The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) has released "The Competence of Frontline Security Professionals and What They Say About Their Work," a research project about security officers' roles and perceptions of their experiences in the industry.

Gigabyte Technology, a Taiwanese manufacturer and distributor of computer hardware, has allegedly suffered a massive data breach as a result of a ransomware attack. 

City leaders in Berkeley, Calif. are turning to security surveillance to help mitigate violent gun crime.

U.S. senators urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to address surveillance threats posed by foreign corporations managing U.S. telecommunications providers.

A new survey from Nexor shows the knowledge gap when it comes to cybersecurity, with 23% of employers not knowing where to begin protecting their businesses from cyber threats or being able to afford adequate protection.

Ed Skoudis, a cybersecurity leader and educator, has been named the new President of the SANS Technology Institute, according to a statement. Ed will lead the institute's degree programs and Internet Storm Center.

When it comes to cyber incident management of third-party risks, enterprise security professionals can follow a simplified task list to cover their bases by answering the questions "who, what, where, when, why and how."