Congress heard testimony from cybersecurity experts this week about the steps that should be taken to minimize the risk of breaches of the payments system. Learn what Troy Leach of the PCI Council and others had to say.
If Congress fails to enact a national breach notification law, the Obama administration could develop a set of voluntary best practices along the lines of its new cybersecurity framework.
In the wake of its data breach last year, Target Corp. is overhauling its information security and compliance practices, launching a search for a new CIO and creating the position of chief information security officer.
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel assesses the cyberthreat environment facing the nation and explains what the federal government is doing about it.
In a keynote address at the RSA 2014 Conference, Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant, warns organizations to beware of "victim's fatigue," or letting your guard down after going six months without a breach.
Sears is denying claims that its network may have been compromised by a cyber-attack that exposed card data. Other sources say they are still unsure, and that Sears may be the next breached retailer.
Fraudsters continually find new ways to attack, but too many organizations rely on old, unsuccessful methods to detect and prevent fraud. This is the premise, says David Mattos, VP Sales, with Easy Solutions.
Verizon's annual data breach investigations report will be released in the coming weeks, offering perspective on 10 years of breach analysis, says Wade Baker, one of the report's key authors.
Proofpoint and ISMG have just completed a new Targeted Attacks survey. What are some of the key findings? Kevin Epstein shares insight on detecting advanced threats and warding off attacks.
Verizon isn't offering many details about two retailer breaches it's reportedly investigating, which may be linked to the Target breach. But IntelCrawler's Dan Clements says the merchants were likely breached several weeks ago.
While much of the security focus is on online fraud and major data breaches, organizations of all sizes and sectors are seeing a rise in phone-based fraud, says Matt Anthony of Pindrop Security.
An address by FBI Director James Comey at the RSA security conference seems to equate civil liberties and privacy. But when he offers an example of balancing Americans' rights with cybersecurity, he mainly refers to the civil liberties, not privacy.
Recent breaches tell the story: Organizations are not entirely prepared to respond to such incidents. Craig Carpenter of AccessData discusses the next generation of incident response.
RSA 2014 is hosted across the street from a Target store. Which is only fitting because the Target retail breach arose in many discussions during day one of the annual security conference.
Target Corp. confirms that the December breach that affected 40 million credit and debit cards, along with personal information on up to 70 million customers, had a major impact on the company's earnings in the fourth quarter of 2013.
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