Today's workforce is increasingly working remotely and relying on a variety of devices and cloud services to accomplish their jobs. Organizations must support but also secure this push, or they risk driving employees to adopt shadow IT, warns Jon Oberheide of Duo Security.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features Greg Touhill, the United States' first federal CISO, discussing how "reskilling" can help fill cybersecurity job vacancies. Plus, California considers tougher breach notification requirements; curtailing the use of vulnerable mobile networks.
The embrace of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs by employers and employees, which is transforming workplaces everywhere, brings with it a complex mix of benefits, costs and risks.
This is the summary of key findings from a recent survey conducted by Corporate Counsel Business Journal and AccessData, to explore...
Email is Insecure
Boards of directors need effective communication and collaboration in order to reach their goals and fulfill the mission of the organization. Unfortunately, this puts corporate secretaries, general counsels and main board administrators under a lot of pressure to manage, secure and govern board...
Organizations are focused on protecting traditional devices - laptops, desktops - but at each one of those endpoints is a user who has at least one and typically more than one mobile device. You may also have devices in the field to interact with customers and prospects or use IoT tools. This means that about half of...
Smartphones present a uniquely large attack surface that has been repeatedly exploited by threat actors, making it risky to trust these devices with important data. Inherent limitations in the mobile architectures of
these devices - especially in a world of chip-based attacks - mean that organizations must find new...
Smartphone cameras and microphones act as the eyes and ears of the digital age, capable of capturing the smallest audio and visual details in high-definition clarity. Unfortunately, threat actors have demonstrated the ability to hijack these smartphone components, using them to gain valuable insights about targeted...
Real-world incidents prove over and over again that many of the most widespread issues still stem from a lack of basic cyber hygiene. This report looks at where organizations are falling on the basics and outlines steps for establishing a strong foundation for security.
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A leading mobile-based financial services company sought out fraud prevention tools. In the past, fraudsters used that company's customer accounts to funnel money via stolen identities. But with advanced device fingerprint technology, the company could detect multiple accounts created from the same device and suspend...
Financial organizations currently subject to the FinCEN SAR eFiling will soon have to make major changes to comply with the new rules by January 1, 2019. The suspicious activity types that need reporting have been updated, new fields have been added, and the ASCII format is being updated just to mention a few things...
The hacking of an email account of a medical clinic employee during travels overseas demonstrates the risks posed to data when workers travel. Security experts offer insights on mitigating those risks.
How to Select, Implement and Succeed with Mobile Threat Defense
As more workplaces become 'everywhere' workplaces, cyber threats and attacks increasingly target mobile devices.
Through the eyes of many business leaders, opening a presentation or other document on a mobile device is hardly different from doing the...
Modern enterprise mobile security provides pre-emptive threat defense, runs on predictive intelligence and crowd wisdom, and delivers a noninvasive employee experience.
As the connected world becomes more connected by the day, cyber threats have been retooled to attack ubiquitous mobile endpoints. While attack...
In January 2018, Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced changes to the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) form. Financial organizations currently subject to the FinCEN SAR eFiling will soon have to make major changes to comply with the new rules by January 1, 2019. The suspicious activity types that need...
A lack of standards spelling out to manufacturers their responsibilities for addressing the cybersecurity of their medical devices - especially legacy products - has left a big burden on the healthcare entities that use these devices, says Cletis Earle, CIO at Kaleida Health.
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