Ecuador is investigating a data breach in which the personal data of up to 20 million people was made available online.

Software flaws are everywhere. And they cause serious application security issues for any business. 

Gov. John Bel Edwards (La.) and Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis of the La. National Guard announced plans to establish a major cybersecurity center on the Water Campus south of downtown Baton Rouge. 

In our digital economy, data is the key to smooth functionality of everything from the government to small local companies. Without data, progress would grind to a halt. And the more sources of data you can mine, and the more data streams you can blend, the greater the value. Therefore, as more and more devices are brought online and integrated with others, the value of data only continues to grow.

Imagine an individual attempting to impersonate an employee and walking into your office to steal intellectual property. 

Outsourcing by companies has been an area of growth for many years, and the trend does not seem to be slowing down. For example, Gartner is forecasting a 17 percent growth in public cloud use worldwide in 2019. Leading the way is infrastructure-as-a-service or (IaaS) with an expected 27 percent growth alone.

End-to-end encryption provides a foundational data protection safeguard, allowing secure data transfer between the sender and recipient while blocking it from external compromise. It also means this data can be inaccessible to law enforcement, who then must find alternative means to access that data. 

Paper and film records mark the most common location of data breaches in hospitals, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care.

The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) released a survey showing that Millennial Americans – like older generations – are concerned about the privacy of their online personal information and whether online technology and social media companies are taking the appropriate steps to safeguard the personal information of consumers.

Internet users may soon have a way to have their questions about online privacy policies answered automatically, thanks to a new multi-institution research project that includes Penn State.