The U.S. President Donald Trump nominated 45-year-old Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Nielsen will take over from Elaine Duke, the acting DHS secretary.
In the White House, Nielsen was responsible...
Cybersecurity industry leaders and experts have urged U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) to advance data-centric cybersecurity technology and its capability to protect the sensitive data of both consumers and businesses in the...
Amid rising concerns over IT threats, the energy sector is taking measures to reduce the risk of cybersecurity breach.
Menelaos Ioannidis, Chief Technology Officer at Lightsource Labs said “hackers might target renewable energy companies for the fun of it or...
A bill called the Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act was introduced on October 5, 2017, by Republican representatives David Trott and Susan Brooks. The bill calls for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set up...
Poland Prime Minister Beata Szydło recently announced that a new department of cybersecurity will be set up in her office.
Speaking at the launch of the third “Cybersec” European Cybersecurity Forum in Kraków, southern Poland, Szydlo said "I have decided...
North Korean computer hackers have stolen a vast cache of highly classified military documents from South Korea involving its U.S. ally, a media report said on October 10, 2017.
South Korean lawmaker Rhee Cheol Hee told Chosun Ilbo that the...
Small- to midsized (SMB) businesses websites suffer 23,000 attacks annually, which means an astonishing 63 attacks per day, a new analysis by Sitelock, a company that provides website security solutions, revealed.
The SiteLock Website Security Insider Q2 2017 threw light...
After a massive data breach, Equifax has been left battered and bruised and to make matters worse, now it has been reported that the credit reporting firm was warned of an imminent threat last year itself.
As per a report...
Malaysian security forces have sought more funds to counter cyber threats and counter-terrorism operations for the 2018 budget.
Speaking at the Sabah state honors and awards investiture ceremony at Istana Negeri, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said,...
The United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) new director Jeremy Fleming on October 9, 2017 warned that Britain is being hit by major cyber attacks twice a day, while adding that cyber experts received 1,131 reports of hacks and...
