With enforcement of the EU's GDPR set to begin on May 25, Australian organizations vary in readiness. Steve Ingram of PwC says it's not too late for companies to prepare for GDPR, but it will be too late to ask regulators for forgiveness if something goes wrong.
Distributed deception technology does not provide a viable solution for defending ATM machines against attacks executed physically on the machines themselves. But it is arguably the most effective means of stopping the most damaging attacks - the ones executed against the larger ATM network or those enabled by...
Yesterday's threat detection is not working.
There are numerous ways healthcare organizations can benefit from a deception approach. In today's healthcare environments, new cyber vulnerabilities and risks open as fast as older ones get remedied. Companies must reshape their cybersecurity programs, knowing that...
Following the disclosure of a flaw in the website of LocationSmart that could have been easily exploited to track the location of cellular phone users throughout the U.S. in real time, the Federal Communications Commission has referred the matter to its enforcement bureau for investigation.
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation, which will be enforced beginning May 25, has significant implications for how financial institutions worldwide handle customer data, says Brett King, CEO of Moven, an all-digital bank, who sizes up the challenges.
Following reports about U.S. companies that enable government and other users to access real-time tracking information for all major U.S. wireless carriers' subscribers, provider Securus Technologies has reportedly been hacked, while LocationSmart has fixed a data-exposing flaw.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, via a myPersonality test on Facebook, reportedly used data from 3 million users to power a spin-off company that delivered targeted advertising services. Facebook says the app is one of 200 that it's suspended for suspicious data handling practices.
Since mobile banking usage is set to grow exponentially, banks must overcome structural challenges and
reconcile consumers' appetite for ease of use with the desire for greater security.
There are a growing number of fintech startups that have been able to overstep the legacy cost structures
and regulatory...
For over a decade, a crucial part of fraud detection has been assigning an identity to every laptop, tablet, and mobile device that accesses a website or app. Such a fingerprint is a representation of hundreds of different device-specific values taken from an end user's device.
Today's device fingerprinting...
Compliance comes down to behavior. Ask yourself: are your users utilizing protected data sets in an appropriate manner? While most organizations focus on establishing security controls around access, the true test of compliance revolves around visibility into what users do after accessing data.
In the financial...
At its core, compliance for HIPAA is simply about maintaining patient privacy by ensuring your users appropriately access and use of patient data by your users. Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions provide detail around when patient data is accessed. The challenge, however, is the lack of visibility into what...
Data encryption, advanced authentication, digital signing and other cryptography-based security functions have come to play a vital role in organisations' cybersecurity and regulatory compliance initiatives throughout the UK and EU.
To secure their digital assets effectively, organisations must protect their...
Data encryption, advanced authentication, digital signing and other cryptography-based security functions have come to play a vital role in organisations' cybersecurity and regulatory compliance initiatives throughout the UK and EU.
To secure their digital assets effectively, organisations must protect their...
Twitter has apologized after it discovered that it had been inadvertently storing users' passwords in plaintext in an internal log, potentially putting them at risk. Twitter has blamed a bug for the fault and recommends all users change their passwords immediately.
Our website uses cookies. Cookies enable us to provide the best experience possible and help us understand how visitors use our website. By browsing careersinfosecurity.co.uk, you agree to our use of cookies.
