Cloud service providers (CSPs) often claim that their customers’ personal data is secure in their clouds. You can now check to see whether that is the case, thanks to a global standard [...]
Careless human error is one of the main causes of IT problems. Many companies know how disastrous these mistakes can be. As the Ponemon Institute’s 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study pointed [...]
The medical, legal, and accounting industries are well known for taking the privacy of their clients seriously. However, this issue is important for nearly every type of business. In light of [...]
Life at Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is slowly getting back to normal after becoming the victim of one of the most malicious cyber attacks in history. Sony’s employees arrived at the [...]
We sometimes think of hackers as geeky types spinning threads of arcane code to gain access to an organization’s innermost secrets, and to some extent, that’s true. What’s [...]
Organizations around the globe are storing more sensitive data than ever. It has become increasingly important for employees handling this data to be aware of modern cyber security best practices [...]
If you own and operate a small business, lowering costs is an important part of keeping your company in the black. Cutting costs on your IT budget could inadvertently compromise your company’s [...]
US health insurer Anthem Inc. announced on February 4, 2015, that it was the victim of a sophisticated cyber attack resulting in the theft of tens of millions of records. Hackers were able to [...]
In August 2014, several hackers announced that they had broken into dozens of celebrities' iCloud accounts. They stole a huge amount of private photos, and have already leaked hundreds of them [...]
