"Security as a business enabler" was the mantra echoing through the recently concluded 2014 Infosecurity Europe conference in London, a message that should have been heeded by top executives at retailer Target last year.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a second unauthorized intrusion into the payment card processing systems of Las Vegas casino company Affinity Gaming.
The French telecommunications company Orange is reporting its second hacker attack in recent months, this time exposing information on certain customers and prospective clients.
A former systems administrator in the nuclear reactor department of an aircraft carrier is one of two individuals charged with hacking Navy computer systems and those at dozens of other government and commercial organizations.
The resignation of Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel reflects a shift in corporate thinking about cybersecurity, raising new questions about whether CEOs should be held accountable for data breaches.
IBM on May 5 announced the launch of new enterprise cybersecurity products and services to address advanced persistent threats, zero-day attacks and data breaches. Find out the latest offerings.
Gregg Steinhafel has resigned as Target CEO following a data breach last year that exposed 40 million credit and debit card accounts and personal information on 70 million customers.
On the day Target's CEO resigned in the aftermath of a massive data breach, the Ponemon Institute issued its 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study, which Chairman Larry Ponemon says helps explain why CEOs should be more involved in breach preparedness and response.
A White House working group exploring big data and privacy has proposed that Congress enact a national data breach notification law and strengthen the government's role in cybersecurity.
Individuals resort to lying about themselves to protect their identities when accessing systems in today's imperfect cyber world, says Peter Tapling, president of Authentify, an out-of-band authentication service.
The old, standard dashboards are no longer sufficient. To be truly effective, network pros now need new data to help find and resolve network security issues, says Mike Heumann of Emulex.
Microsoft has issued a fix for the Internet Explorer bug, including an update for Windows XP users. The update repairs a vulnerability in the browser that could allow hackers to gain control of a user's computer.
DDoS attacks have grown in sophistication. But so have organizations' dependencies on the services disrupted by DDoS, says Corero's Ashley Stephenson. How should security leaders respond to protect their critical services?
When it comes to DDoS attacks, the hacktivists get all the headlines, but there is a robust service industry behind the scenes, supporting these sophisticated strikes, says Darren Anstee of Arbor Networks.
Organizations across all industry sectors understand the importance of information security. But turning security awareness into meaningful action - that's the challenge that many midsized entities face, says Sophos' Nick Bray.
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