The recent proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against health insurer Anthem following a 2015 cyberattack impacting about 79 million individuals is significant for several reasons, says attorney Steven Teppler of the Abbott Law Group, who analyzes the deal.
Microsoft has sought to get in front of a brewing controversy over whether it unfairly disables third-party anti-virus products in Windows 10. The company is seeking to dampen charges that are reminiscent of its years-long legal tangles with global antitrust regulators.
The pressure is on for all industries to upgrade their cyber-protection policies. New York is the first state to initiate a 180-day grace period for all financial services companies to upgrade both cyber policies and protection. As New York's new cyber mandates roll out, other states and industries will likely follow....
A discussion that explores the predicament many information security managers face when deciding which security technologies to buy in a glutted market leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also: An update on cyber flaws in connected vehicles and the latest from Infosecurity Europe.
Despite being one of the most heavily regulated industries, Healthcare companies still struggle to assess their risk at more than a surface level. A good assessment has to include people, policies, procedures, controls and technologies. The task is daunting but increasingly critical.
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The figure sounds alarming, 60 percent of small companies went belly up within six months of a breach. And that stat was repeated several times by lawmakers as a House panel debated - and approved - a bill aimed at helping small businesses battle hackers. But is that number true?
The pressure is on for all industries to upgrade their cyber-protection policies. New York is the first state to initiate a 180-day grace period for all financial services companies to upgrade both cyber policies and protection. As New York's new cyber mandates roll out, other states and industries will likely follow....
As home to many high-profile enterprises, including Coca-Cola, Home Depot and UPS, the state of Georgia is sensitive to cybersecurity threats. And, in fact, the new US Army Cyber Command headquarters is currently under construction at Fort Gordon in Georgia. As the state's AG, Carr is committed to protecting consumers...
The pressure is on for all industries to upgrade their cyber-protection policies. New York is the first state to initiate a 180-day grace period for all financial services companies to upgrade both cyber policies and protection. As New York's new cyber mandates roll out, other states and industries will likely follow....
Too many organizations continue to address breach response from a reactive mode - having a crude disaster-recovery plan in place in case something "does" happen, rather than accepting that something "will" happen and proactively preparing for it. In this session, a panel of legal, technical and law-enforcement experts...
Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: FBI Director James Comey's revelation of a counterintelligence investigation of possible ties between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia's actions to influence the U.S. presidential election.
A look at the return of the Crypt0L0cker ransomware leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, assuring the security of medical devices; and U.S. federal prosecutors drop charges against a child porn suspect rather than reveal the hacking technique used to ensnare him.
A pending federal regulation - called for under the HITECH Act - that would allow regulators to share with breach victims money collected in HIPAA violation cases eventually could have implications for class-action breach lawsuits, says privacy attorney Adam Greene.
Responding to disruptive data breaches, dealing with Mirai botnets, hacking back and the need for enterprises to segment their backup environments were just some of the topics dominating this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Amidst the increasing security chaos facing individuals and organizations, one of the dominant themes at this year's RSA Conference was the need for information security professionals to do more, bringing order to enterprise IT security as well as by influencing public policy.
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