Tag: information security
Post Equifax breach, rival TransUnion ups the ante
A month after Equifax reported a massive data breach, the credit-reporting agency TransUnion hired a full slate of new cybersecurity-focused lobbyists in Washington D.C....
Australian state Victoria appoints its first CISO
The Andrews Labor Government in Victoria on October 9, 2017 appointed John O’Driscoll as its first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
While making the announcement,...
Deloitte hack: Iranian hackers lured firm’s employee via Facebook ‘honey trap’
It has been revealed that Iranian hackers were behind the major data breach at Deloitte, one of the ‘big four’ accountancy firms. They pulled...
Cybersecurity continues to threaten CIOs: Survey
An annual global survey conducted on September 3, 2017, during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Ontario revealed that issues such as cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
More than one-third of UK SMBs not allocating cybersecurity budget: Survey
Even as cybersecurity remains one of the top threats, protection against the same is surprisingly not a major issue for UK-based small and midsized...
All 3 billion Yahoo accounts hacked in 2013 data breach, says Verizon
In December 2016, Yahoo had claimed that more than one billion accounts were compromised in the infamous 2013 breach. However, Verizon Communications that acquired...