Kathleen Patentreger, Senior Vice President of Programs, CIS (Center for Internet Security) has been selected to the Board of Advisors of the PCI Security Standards Council.
PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) works on securing payments by providing data security...
China — in an attempt to counteract cyber warfare and data breaches — implemented a contentious new law that allegedly imposes strict requirements on data storage and scrutiny.
Approved in November of 2016 by China’s National People’s Congress, it prohibits...
The ability of local governments across the United States to protect against cyber attacks is limited due to a shortage of funding. This is particularly troubling because not only do local governments hold a vast amount of data about...
Cisco and IBM have entered a partnership to combat global cyber threats. The major partnering wings will be IBM X-Force and Cisco Talos security.
As part of the partnership, Cisco will also build new applications for IBM’s QRadar. IBM's Resilient...
The network security of a cosmetic surgery facility in Lithuania was hacked by a group calling itself the “Tsar Team.”The group subsequently attempted to blackmail the company and the individuals whose personal information was released.
The refusal to pay the...
In the face of a projected shortage of technicians in the cyber security field, IBM has announced a new skills initiative. It is designed to reach more potential employees by targeting trainable skills and aptitudes, while deemphasizing academic training....
Ransomware has quite become the buzz word of 2017. The amount of attacks is preposterous, and every single day has become a date that lives in infamy. Post the NSA leaked WannaCry attack sporadically crippled the entire world, the...
The government of Singapore has earmarked as much as $528 million of its tech budget, representing 22 percent of the total, to cyber security programs. With its aggressive economic development plans in the digital economy sector, Singapore recognizes the...
The Government of India has sanctioned 111 posts for cyber security professionals for the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT), which falls under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY).
This might come after the ransomware WannaCry attack that...
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded ITAMCO, the developer of Crypto-Chat, the advanced privacy app, with the Phase 1 grant to make a secure, non-hackable messaging platform for the U.S. military. The Phase 1 will run into...
