Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed an executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is fundamentally changing the way in which businesses deal with the personal information of California residents.

In 2017 the risk of fraud continued to evolve and intensify; identity fraud hit a new all-time high and cyber-enabled fraud accounted for an even greater proportion of the growing problem, according to the 2019 Fraudscape report. 

The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) is addressing one of the most critical issues in cybersecurity by launching new undergraduate and master’s degree programs in cybersecurity.

Studying millions of devices, agents, and apps, uncovered that 42 percent of all endpoints are unprotected at any given time, says the 2019 Endpoint Security Trends report. 

Talent acquisition and retention is the leading operational reason that companies have been ramping up their diversity initiatives, according to (32 percent) of respondents in the (ISC)² study.

Respondents were most concerned about risks associated with Internet of Things (IoT), medical devices, third-party vendors and program development/management, according to the CAPP Conference Survey Results. 

Global security concern remains at the highest level in 13 years, according to the 2019 Unisys Security Index report. 

More organizations are now performing continuous threat hunting operations, according to the 2018 SANS Threat Hunting report. 

Theft, fraud and losses from other retail “shrink” totaled $50.6 billion in 2018, up from $46.8 billion the year before as industry security executives said there is a growing overlap between loss prevention and cybersecurity efforts.