Take cybersecurity into your own hands: Don’t rely on tech giants.

Google doesn’t want you to have to think about cybersecurity at all, similar
to how we think about breathing, which sounds like a great idea. However, in
all of my years in …
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/11/28/take-cybersecurity-into-your-own-hands/
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Verifying data processing for privacy and GDPR.

GDPR has been a topic of conversation in the security risk and management world since the regulatory action was proposed in 2012. Recent events have led to a greater interest in GDPR as a means to protect personal identity data, especially as the regulation will be put into effect on May 25. 

With the regulation date quickly approaching, GDPR is having its moment in the public discourse. However, those who work to protect Identity data have been fretting about the critical components of the regulations for some time. Specifically, the “Article 30 Record-Keeping Requirement,” aims to provide evidentiary proof for how a company processes their personal data. The challenge for organizations in documenting their data processing activities is how do you do that in a data-driven way. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/05/23/gdpr-verifying-data-processing/

Despite billions spent on cybersecurity, companies aren’t truly safe from hacks

Companies on a treadmill to stay ahead of data thieves

Last year, private sector companies globally spent more than $75 billion on security software to safeguard their systems and data.

That number is expected to grow about 7% annually, according to Gartner and other analyst firms. It doesn’t include all the massive amounts spent on fraud prevention by banks, a number that is widely under reported and expected to reach into the billions annually.

Has all that spending made private sector data and systems any safer? Is customer personal data any safer?

Why You Should Be Concerned About The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.

Why You Should Be Concerned About The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. I really do wish I understood why lawmakers seem so gung-ho on tearing apart technologies they don’t understand, and freedoms they hardly think about.[....]

How to Detect, Assess, and Manage Cyber Security

At CFO we have explored in many stories why senior finance executives must understand the importance of computer and information security. [....]
http://ww2.cfo.com/cyber-security-technology/2016/01/detect-assess-manage-cyber-security/

Obama Encryption Policy: White House Will Not Force Companies To Decode Encrypted Data.

After the revelations that Whistleblower Edward Snowden made about the United States National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. citizens are in need of more transparent digital security. The Citizens of the United States have appealed to the Obama Administration through a campaign for rejecting [...]

Design Flaws Make Drones Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

In the past, The Hacker News (THN) reported about various activities surrounding Drones. Whether it was the development of the first backdoor for drones (MalDrone), or Weaponized drones getting legal, or Drones hacking smartphones. And now the reports depict... Security Researcher has showcased [...]

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Obama Signs Executive Order Encouraging Private-Sector Companies To Share Cyber Security Information 

 

President Barack Obama asked for more collaboration and the open sharing of information between private-sector companies and the U.S. government at the White House Cybersecurity Summit at Stanford today.....