Gartner, a market research firm, recently came out with a survey stating that only 65 percent of companies globally have a cybersecurity expert. The Gartner's 2018 CIO Agenda Survey suggested that over 95 percent of Chief Information Officers (CIOs)...
Cybersecurity stocks would be a good bet for investors ahead of the U.S. 2018 midterm elections, Goldman Sachs stated recently. The investment bank anticipated that the rise in cybersecurity spending and concerns about the possibility of meddling in the...
The Russian President Vladimir Putin recently proposed a joint cybersecurity group between the U.S. and Russia to investigate Russian meddlesome in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
While speaking at the Helsinki summit, Putin said, “Once again, President Trump mentioned the...
In an attempt to promote government’s much-ambitious program, “Make In India”, Indian companies will now get preference in government’s cybersecurity procurements including both hardware and software solutions, the country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified.
In a cybersecurity...
An Israeli government-owned defense technology company, Rafael, recently established a cybersecurity center to strengthen its railway network system, according to a news agency.
The new cybersecurity operations center (CSOC), to be operated by Israel Railways' cyber unit, is worth $8.25...
With an aim to protect its energy and resources sector, the state of Western Australia recently opened a Joint Cyber Security Center (JCSC). The public-private partnership center located in Perth is the first of its kind in Western Australia...
Social networking site Twitter suspended two accounts connected to 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The officers were mentioned in a new indictment issued on Friday, July 13, 2018, by Special Counsel...
By Rudra Srinivas
Insider threat is a primary concern for every information security leader. Several organizations are seen spending massive resources to keep the bad guys out, but they fail to address the insiders within their own company.
As a result,...
The decentralized cryptocurrency startup Bancor recently fell victim to a cyber heist after hackers stole $23.5 million in three different cryptocurrencies.
In its social media update, Bancor stated that the hackers breached its wallet that was used to upgrade the...
Contributed by Renee Small
According to the Ponemon Institute’s 2017 Cost of Data Breach study, 47% of the organizations represented stated that the root cause of the security breaches they suffered was a malicious or criminal attack. Respondents reported that...
