We’ve seen some exciting initiatives underway internationally that encourage important cyber security education. Just this past month a Scottish secondary school implemented a groundbreaking new course on cybercrime that gives students insight into real-world cybercrime cases. The program is the first of its kind and The Daily Record reports that it has attracted widespread attention [...]
Last month, password manager LastPass announced that their system had been hacked, exposing email addresses and encrypted master passwords for its users. Users were notified and prompted to change their master passwords. Shortly after news broke of a flaw found in Apple’s Keychain software that could let malicious software steal passwords across apps on your [...]
On Thursday, June 4, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data that may have exposed the personal information of more than three million Federal personnel. As more information is unearthed about the cause and culprit behind this attack, employees may be wondering what can be done [...]
We’re happy to share a three-part guest blog series from writer Tricia Hussung on behalf of Russell Sage Online. As formal education becomes integral to the cybersecurity industry, more and more colleges and universities are establishing programs of study focused on digital culture and technological security. Russell Sage Online offers both a Bachelor of Science [...]
We’re happy to share a three-part guest blog series from writer Tricia Hussung on behalf of Russell Sage Online. As formal education becomes integral to the cybersecurity industry, more and more colleges and universities are establishing programs of study focused on digital culture and technological security. Russell Sage Online offers both a Bachelor of Science [...]
We’re happy to share a three-part guest blog series from writer Tricia Hussung on behalf of Russell Sage Online. As formal education becomes integral to the cybersecurity industry, more and more colleges and universities are establishing programs of study focused on digital culture and technological security. Russell Sage Online offers both a Bachelor of Science [...]
In May, we enjoyed participating in the annual ID360 conference and connecting with other attendees around this year’s topic - the “Identity Economy.” Also this month – the UT Center for Identity created a Master of Science degree in Identity Management and Security, Experian execs shared insight on identity management in the era of the [...]
The IRS experienced a breach that is changing the way businesses and consumers think about personal information. Reporters attribute the IRS breach to a crime syndicate in Russia, who used personal information obtained elsewhere to exploit the Get Transcript feature on the IRS website. They successfully exploited 104,000 individuals and filed nearly $50 million in [...]
There has been a noticeable uptick in the number of criminal attacks against healthcare facilities in the last five years. Ponemon recently released its Fifth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy and Security of Healthcare Data, which shared a 125 percent increase in cyber attacks targeting healthcare data. The major shift in healthcare data breaches, according [...]
Digital wallets have been a hot topic for us lately. Their use is growing and like all things when it comes to cyber security, online criminals always follow the money. Kaspersky Labs said it best:“Enthusiasm over this new payment platform (Apple Pay) is going to drive adoption through the roof and that inevitably attracts many [...]
