In the wake of massive data breaches such as those at the U.S. government’s Office of Personnel Management, health insurer Anthem and retailer Target, an enterprise’s initial reaction might be to tighten the security around networks and data. However, you may be forgetting one critical component: the insider threat.
While enterprise security leaders find it difficult to provide return on investment, a standard ransomware campaign could earn an attacker a 1,425-percent ROI, according to a recent Trustwave report.
Cybersecurity is more than just a headline associated with attacks on critical infrastructure assets, such as utility companies or our nation’s repository of its personnel records of employees with the highest security clearances.
This is the first in a recurring series that explores the functions, categories and subcategories of the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework.
The Internet of Things (IoT), once the stuff of science fiction, has stepped off the page and into the real world – and the world will never be the same.
Two U.S. senators filed a bill that would require the federal government to establish standards to ensure automakers secure a driver against vehicle cyber attacks.
IT security is complicated enough. The widespread adoption of BYOD mobile devices and the overall consumerization of IT promise to complicate security efforts exponentially. Are companies up to the challenge?
Germany has passed legislation ordering that more than 2,000 essential service providers implement new minimum information security standards or face penalties.
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