EC-Council and IBM announced a scholarship program for women to attend EC-Council’s Hacker Halted security conference free of charge. Funded by IBM Security, the scholarship is designed to help address the underrepresentation of women in cybersecurity and help women further their...
The Italian foreign ministry recently confirmed Russia’s involvement in the hacking attack on government’s field offices in February. The ministry said that the malware attack that took place between 2013 and 2016 is worse than first thought and lasted...
Bandura, LLC recently announced three important appointments in a move to expand the company’s partner program and build a sales team to expand the use of newly launched platform, BanduraONE SaaS. The company hired Mike Danforth as Sr. VP...
Concerns about the effect of the administration of President Donald Trump on the cybersecurity infrastructure of the U.S. federal government were heightened this week when four senior cyber safety officials reportedly resigned.
The chief information officer (CIO) of the Environmental...
According to Reuters, Toutiao — a Chinese news aggregator that has backing from Sequoia Capital and CCB International whose name translates as “headlines” — is in the process of raising $2 billion or more of capital with a valuation...
Three major Chinese companies Tencent, Baidu, and Weibo are under investigation by the Chinese internet regulating authorities on the grounds of violating the new cybersecurity law. The companies are issued notice in the lieu of hosting content that is...
A new survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) points out the relevance of ethics and moral code for enterprises to gain trust of public. The survey report titled “Ethics and Trust in a Digital Age” gauged...
An effort in the U.S. Senate has been launched to impose tougher information security protocols for the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act would require that smart devices meet basic standards if they are to be...
A new strategic partnership to protect energy systems from cyber attacks has been formed. Schneider Electric, which specializes in the management of energy systems, and Claroty, which focuses on network protection systems, have signed a partnership agreement to facilitate...
In an attempt to counter the increasing incidents of cyber attacks, the Australian government has decided to share declassified cybersecurity data from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) with telcos and internet service providers (ISPs). The plan was announced back...
