Latest editorial and guest blogs on information risk management

The Public Eye with Eric Chabrow

Keeping tabs on federal government efforts to protect citizens' privacy

DHS Cybersecurity Agency Could Get a New Name and a Revamp

Eric Chabrow • December 13, 2017

What does the title National Protection and Programs Directorate mean to you? It's not so clear, unless you are familiar with the Department of Homeland Security's organizational chart. To clarify its mission, the House has voted to rename - and revamp - the DHS agency.

Trump Campaign Aide Knew Early About Hacked Democratic Emails

Dearth of Support for Kaspersky at Congressional Hearing

The Fraud Blog with Tracy Kitten

Tracking fraud incidents and trends wherever -- and however -- they occur.

Why Skimming Will Grow in 2017

Tracy Kitten • January 3, 2017

Localized skimming attacks, whether waged against ATMs or self-service gas pumps, continue to wreak havoc on banks and credit unions. And we're likely to see an uptick in 2017 as fraudsters ramp up their efforts to cash in.

Visa, MasterCard Agree to Give Gas Pumps a Break on EMV Shift

Visa Clarifies Merchants Have EMV Debit Routing Options

Safe & Sound with Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Insights on the security and privacy of healthcare information.

Healthcare Security Summit Offers Insights From CISOs

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • June 13, 2019

ISMG's Healthcare Security Summit, to be held in New York on June 25, will feature a top-notch roster of expert speakers, including regulatory and law enforcement authorities, CISOs from leading healthcare provider organizations and technology thought leaders.

A Ransomware Victim Shares His Story

Report: Healthcare Is No. 1 - For Breaches

Euro Security Watch with Mathew J. Schwartz

Tracking security and privacy trends across UK, Europe and beyond

Two Weekend Outages, Neither a Cyberattack

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 17, 2019

Not all that crashes has been hacked. To wit, this past weekend there were multiple major outages, including much of Argentina and Uruguay going dark, as well as U.S. retailer Target's system problems leaving customers unable to pay for goods. But none of these outages were due to cyberattacks.

No Invitation Required: Hackers Can Phish Evite Users

11 Hot Sessions: Infosecurity Europe 2019

The Expert's View with Jeremy Kirk

Insights from industry experts

OK Computer: Did Radiohead Get Hacked?

Jeremy Kirk • June 12, 2019

Hacking and extortion attempts against organizations have unfortunately become all too commonplace these days. On Tuesday, an unlikely victim went public: the British band Radiohead. But was the band really a hacking and extortion victim?