Critical nodal agencies and several banks in the Netherlands were hit by a series of cyber attacks. The national tax office went offline for a brief span after the servers crashed following a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack....
Following EU's Network and Information Security Directive (NIS), the United Kingdom government will now penalize operators of essential services, if they fail to meet the conventional cybersecurity standards. The directive includes 14 principles centered around the prevailing global standards...
The Indian chapter of NürnbergMesse, one of the fastest growing exhibition companies in Europe, under the tutelage of Sajid Desai will be bringing the it-sa - IT security expo and conference to India on May 24 and 25, 2018....
By Darren Argyle, Group Chief Information Security Officer, Qantas
Cybersecurity is moving from having purely technical relevance to increasingly societal relevance, affecting the way we live our lives and honour our obligations. Business leaders must respond by engaging cybersecurity specialists who understand...
This article is contributed by Chris Roberts, Chief Security Architect at Acalvio Technologies.
So, the CISO MAG staff and I were talking about an end-of-year article that might get people reflecting on 2017 AND concentrating on 2018. The prediction thing is...
In yet another move to strengthen its cybersecurity efforts, Facebook has hired Nathaniel Gleicher, as its first head of cybersecurity policy. After acquiring Confirm.io, a startup that authenticates government-issued IDs for third-party vendors, this is the social media giant’s...
National Cash Register (NCR) Corporation and Diebold Nixdorf, two leading financial self-service providers in the United States, have issued warning against cyber breaches that make ATMs gush out cash incessantly. Terming the hack as 'jackpotting' the self-service kiosk makers...
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck lost 58 billion yen ($530 million) in what has dubbed as biggest cryptocurrency heist ever recorded. On Friday, the website halted sales and withdrawals of the currency NEM, and later extended restrictions to other cryptocurrencies...
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, launched a new subsidiary by the name of Chronicle on 24th January 2018. Launched as a cybersecurity intelligence and analytics platform, Chronicle aims to filter and analyze constantly accumulating data for cyber...
In its latest move to become a distinctly secure social media platform, Facebook acquired Boston based Confirm.io, its 66th acquisition since 2005. The startup creates software to authenticate government-sanctioned IDs by third parties, even including biometric interface. Founded in...
