Personal health information has a value on the black market
Thieves collect personal data such as home addresses and contact information, but also details of physical or mental conditions and […]
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Think about privacy the next time you ask Alexa the weather
More and more people are starting to think twice before asking Alexa for the daily forecast. According to a recent […]
Businesses are spending on cybersecurity, but failing to implement basic practices
Cybersecurity spending has increased, but research shows that organisations are still vulnerable to the most basic of cyber threats. Just […]
Cybersecurity certification schemes backed by MEPs
Businesses could in future be forced to ensure their products, services or processes meet specified cybersecurity standards under proposed new […]
European Parliament Approves EU Cybersecurity Act
Following a political agreement at the end of 2018, earlier this week the European Parliament approved a new cybersecurity regulation […]
The cyber insurance battle begins
The cyber insurance no longer is a novelty. Experts say that executives no longer have to justify the expense. In […]
GDPR – Improving Data Privacy and Cyber Resilience?
Even though GDPR has only been in effect for nine months, regulators across Europe have seen the number of breach […]
Legislation to improve cybersecurity of IoT devices introduced in Senate, House
Bipartisan legislation to improve the cybersecurity of Internet-connected devices will be introduced today in the Senate and the House of […]
Cybersecurity Firms Issue Annual Threat Reports
CrowdStrike, FireEye and IBM Security recently released their annual threat reports. These reports contain a wealth of information on recent […]
Most ICO data breach reports late and incomplete prior to GDPR
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was released today revealing the amount of late […]
Data breaches up 400 percent, 15 billion records compromised
The number of data breaches increased more than 400 percent in 2018 exposing almost 15 billion records, according to the […]
Study shows programmers will take the easy way out and not implement proper password security
In an experiment that involved 43 programmers hired via the Freelancer.com platform, University of Bonn academics have discovered that developers […]