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66% of IT employees admit to snooping sensitive company info: Survey

A recent global survey revealed what percentage of information technology professionals access unauthorized resources and who snoops more – executives or middle management, big...

DHS issues directive for federal agencies to use DMARC, HTTPS, and STARTTL

In an attempt to secure emails and deploy authentication technologies, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on October 16, 2017, issued a binding...

Sensitive data about Australian defense projects hacked: Reports

A subcontractor for Australia's Department of Defense (DoD) became the latest victim of hacking as commercially sensitive information about next generation spy planes and...

Cybersecurity veteran Kirstjen Nielsen nominated as DHS secretary

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...

Cybersecurity leaders urge US senators for stricter data protection regulations

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...

North Korea hacked Seoul-Washington secret joint war plans: Reports

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...