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The State of Cybersecurity: Be More Afraid

Looming behind the excitement at SC16 around new digital enterprise strategies is the growing menace of cyber-attacks. But in spite of these worries, the state of cybersecurity readiness at ...Full Article

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Data Theft: It’s Not the Only Danger Hackers Wreak

By manipulating or changing data, hackers can alter medical or financial records and put enterprises -- or even lives -- in danger. Tools like threat modeling allay these concerns, ...Full Article

OPM Breach Impacts 5.6M, Not 1.1M, Fingerprints

The Office of Personnel Management disclosed today that 5.6 million fingerprints, not 1.1 million, were stolen when the federal agency was breached in July. At that time, 21.5 million ...Full Article

Hacking Team Sets New Attack Vectors

The Hacking Team breach occurred over the summer, but enterprises should continue learning new lessons in cybersecurity and threats. Here, a malware analyst explores how some of the firm's software works ...Full Article

3 Steps to Boost Healthcare Data Security

Security breaches are on the rise, and it’s become not a question of if, but when, an organization will be hacked. According to the U.S. Department of Health and ...Full Article

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Valerie Plame: The Spy Who Came in to the Code

Since her cover was famously blown, former covert CIA operative Valerie Plame is more openly protecting the country's digital assets. In May, the author and anti-nuclear activist joined the ...Full Article

Hardware: A Building Block for IoT Security

For all its promise, the Internet of Things packs a lot of fears. Most recently, of course, two hackers completely immobilized a Jeep Cherokee as a driver headed down ...Full Article

The Truth About Cybersecurity Insurance

As a chief financial officer, why would a company invest $3 million to hire external experts to fix known cybersecurity issues when the company has a $10 million cybersecurity ...Full Article

Are Breaches Killing Flash?

Mozilla added the Flash Player Plugin to its roster of blocked add-ons, after yet another security alert from developer Adobe and following a public call for the end of ...Full Article

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RAND Corp: Manage Security Like a Business

Organizations must figure out a better way to manage cybersecurity like a business, using metrics to determine the relative return on investment (RROI), and constantly evaluating the lifecycle and ...Full Article