A new Ponemon Institute study shows the average annual cost of cybercrime for 60 major U.S. companies rose 26 percent this year. Find out some of the factors contributing to the rising cost.
Knowledge-based authentication is no longer reliable, says fraud expert Avivah Litan, an analyst at Gartner. She explains why so-called behavioral authentication is the only reliable way to verify users.
Twitter's IPO filing sheds light on the social media company's perceived security risks. For example, it acknowledges the challenge of preparing for evolving cyberthreats.
Attacks waged for cyber-espionage, fraud, DDoS and other nefarious deeds are increasingly being hired out to sophisticated hackers for specific purposes, says Symantec researcher Kevin Haley.
Randy Trzeciak and his CERT Insider Threat Center colleagues are working to broaden the definition of the insider threat to incorporate not just the risk to information and IT but to facilities and people, too.
Don't think of cybersecurity as a profession; consider it as a field, says workplace expert Diana Burley. Yet, she says, some occupations within the cybersecurity field could be deemed professions.
Cybersecurity experts say perceived disruptions caused by the shutdown could encourage America's cyber-adversaries to increase their attacks and probes on federal government IT systems and networks.
The State Department's top cyberdiplomat, Chris Painter, explains how the United States is helping other nations beef up their laws and policies to battle cybercrime and improve international collaboration on cyberthreats.
With the prospect of a federal government shutdown, and its implications for IT security, it's worth considering what happened in Minnesota two years ago, when a similar budget squabble shuttered state operations for 20 days.
ISACA has issued a new information risk management framework - COBIT 5 for Risk - that provides 20 scenarios to help organizations better mitigate risk. The scenarios include more than 100 risk types.
Individuals see information differently today than they did just a few years ago because of big data and that, in turn, influences how people perceive privacy. ISACA's Jeff Spivey explains.
Successfully implementing the SANS 20 Critical Security Controls requires far more than just deploying systems, platforms or services. Experts offer insights on effective strategies for leveraging technical controls.
Although the U.S. and Chinese governments blame one another for cybermischief, they should collaborate to battle common cyberthreats, says Christopher Painter, the State Department's top cyberdiplomat.
Professionalizing occupations within the cybersecurity field won't necessarily help fill vacant IT security jobs in government and industry, says Diana Burley, an IT security workforce expert.
Version 3.0 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, to be released later this year, will include a focus on the standardization of compliance assessments, says Bob Russo of the PCI Security Standards Council.
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