Articles Tagged with ''data security''

The "kill switch," a system for remotely disabling smartphones and wiping their data, will become standard in 2015.

After several officials let slip some sensitive documents revealing specific physical threats to the U.S. power grid, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking steps to clamp down on the flow of information out of the organization. 

A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission can sue hotel group Wyndham Worldwide over alleged poor data security.

A number of U.S. states are jointly investigating a data breach involving a subsidiary of Experian Plc that exposed the social security numbers of 200 million people.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) warned banks about rising cyber-attacks on their websites and their cash machines.

Kent Lawson, founder of Private WiFi, decided to test the wireless network provided at the RSA Conference, and he was surprised at the large amount of completely unprotected communications from security professionals, discovered in a mere 15 minutes.

Most consumers just don’t believe that the personal and financial data they submit to corporations is safe.

A new report from McAfee says every minute there are more than 200 new computer attacks using a variety of malware.

The role of the CSO has significantly changed in the past 10 years and will change even more drastically over the next 10. For example, mention “convergence” and lines begin to blur – lines demarcating previously clear-cut, albeit traditional areas of management responsibility, budgets, reporting hierarchies, resourcing needs and geography.

Attorney General Eric Holder is urging Congress to require businesses to quickly alert consumers and law enforcement agencies in the wake of a significant data breach, similar to the ones at Target and Neiman Marcus.