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Police Detain 80 in International Cyber Crime Operation

May 19, 2014

Police in 16 countries seized cash, firearms and drugs and arrested 80 people suspected of peddling virus software believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of computers.

DHS Secretary Predicts U.S. Cyber Legislation this Summer

May 14, 2014

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says that Congress is likely to agree on cybersecurity legislation this summer.

Measuring the Aftershocks of Heartbleed

Steve Pate

May 13, 2014

It has barely been a month since the announcement of the Heartbleed bug, and all seems to have gone fairly quiet.

FBI Warns of Cyberattacks to Healthcare Sector

May 9, 2014

The FBI has warned healthcare providers their cybersecurity systems are lax compared to other sectors, making them vulnerable to attacks by hackers.

New York to Increase Assessment of Bank Cybersecurity Plans

May 8, 2014

New York's banks will face new cybersecurity assessments carried out by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), under plans unveiled by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

White House Outlines Parameters for Withholding Security Vulnerability Information

May 2, 2014

Why wouldn’t the government disclose a cybersecurity vulnerability? According to a White House blog post, it could mean foregoing “an opportunity to collect crucial intelligence that could thwart a terrorist attack, stop the theft of our nation’s intellectual property, or even discover more dangerous vulnerabilities that are being used by hackers or other adversaries to exploit our networks,” writes White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel.

Recent Data Breaches Hit Nearly 80% of Banks, Financial Accounts

Headlines continue to highlight data breaches, especially those compromising payment, banking and personal data.

May 1, 2014

The silver lining to the breaches, according to the ACI report, is that although data breach-related fraud has had a negative impact on banks’ and financial institutions’ bottom lines, more than 40 percent of respondents indicated that their customers have appreciated the proactive outreach and response to market events, which helps to keep financial institutions on the right side of customer satisfaction, rebuilding brand trust.

Are Productivity Apps More Harm than Good?

According to the website “Tech Cocktail,” there are some “awesome apps” out there to make employees more productive at work.

Diane Ritchey

May 1, 2014

Banning specific cloud applications is bound to fail. Maintaining a blacklist of cloud applications is ineffective, at best.

Making Sense of LANs, MANs, WANs and More

Get to know Taylor Carr, Vice-President, Business Development & Integration for Securadyne Systems, and learn how Securadyne’s enterprise security executive customers are addressing cybersecurity in their enterprises.

May 1, 2014

Virtually all of the new video solutions we have deployed over the past few years have been IP-based. However, we still have many customers with existing large analog systems, and they need to operate, expand and optimize those systems today.

Stopping Cybersecurity Breaches Means Rethinking Consequences

Would there be a greater return on investment if our information sharing focused less on enabling private sector victims to better duck and cover, and focused more on enabling the government to get the bad guys?

May 1, 2014

Regardless of how vigorously the industry applies risk management principles and how diligently the government shares information, there is no chance the private sector can consistently withstand intrusion attempts from foreign military units and intelligence services or even, for that matter, from transnational organized crime.