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In Response to Mass Shootings, Increased Security Personnel Isn’t Always the Answer

More security officers won’t necessarily save lives if a mass shooting occurs. It takes effective communication to mount an effective response.

Drew Steward

November 21, 2019

People across the nation are on edge. As of September 2019, the U.S. had seen 283 mass shootings since the start of the year.

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Taking Stock of Your Data Security to Deliver a Happy Holiday Shopping Season

Tina Stewart

November 20, 2019

Retailers will be particularly susceptible to cyber crime during the most lucrative shopping weekend of the year: Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Study Unveils 2020 Travel Risks & Country Medical/Safety Ratings

November 19, 2019

Heightened security threats, civil unrest and geopolitical instability are expected to be top disruptors to the mobile workforce in 2020, says a new study by International SOS.

How to Achieve Cybersecurity with Patience, Love and Bribery

John Sileo

November 18, 2019

It’s time to make cybersecurity personal for your employees, train them on best practices and reward them for their success.

Obscure & Undetected: Hacking Into Hardware of Mission-Critical Infrastructure Using Side-Channel Attacks

Alexander Kesler

November 14, 2019

A new vector of cybersecurity threats is on the rise – this time in hardware security.

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Explained: Firewalls, Vulnerability Scans and Penetration Tests

Christopher Gerg

November 12, 2019

The implementation of a secured perimeter and internal firewall network architecture and conducting Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Tests (VAPT) are often seen as enough to protect critical business information and guard against unexpected cybersecurity threats. However, as we will discover and despite this approach being a good start, there is substantially more to information security than firewalls and VAPT.

The State of Healthcare Cybersecurity and the Dark Web Economy

Rick McElroy

November 12, 2019

There are few industries where the cybersecurity stakes are higher than in the healthcare space, with medical organizations running the risk of life-threatening disruptions at the hands of malicious actors.

U.S. Department of Energy to Hold Fifth CyberForce Competition™

November 11, 2019

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host its fifth CyberForce Competition™ on Nov. 16.

Reducing the Risks Posed by Artificial Intelligence

To thrive in the new era, enterprise security needs to reduce the risks posed by AI and make the most of the opportunities it offers.

Steve Durbin

November 11, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is creating a new frontier in information security. Systems that independently learn, reason and act will increasingly replicate human behavior.

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The FTC-Facebook Settlement: A Major Shift in U.S. Privacy Regulation

Mindi Giftos Ephraim Hintz

November 8, 2019

In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously stated that privacy was no longer a “social norm.” Today, the Facebook founder is no doubt viewing social norms around privacy a bit differently, as are U.S. regulators and consumers.