IBM recently published the 2013 IBM Cyber Security Intelligence Index, a report detailing the global threat landscape across 3,700 IBM clients in 130 countries. The report analyzed the most affected industries and the most comment types of attacks, motivation behind attacks, how human error comes into play and suggestions on how to create a strong [...]
Facebook recently changed its privacy policy for teenagers ages 13 to 17 to give them the option of sharing their posts with the general public. Before this change, teens were only able to broadcast their status updates to friends and “friends of friends.” While Facebook claims this will give young influencers a platform to voice [...]
The Mobile Secutity: BYOD, mCommerce, Consumer & Enterprise 2013-2018 report by Juniper Research finds that more than 80 percent of smartphones devices remain unprotected from malware attacks. As mobile operating systems, including smartphones and tablets, continue to increase in usage, cyber criminals are transitioning their focus from PCs toward the mobile platform.Although there is an [...]
Raytheon recently found that millennials are uninterested careers in cyber security: less than one-quarter of the young adults surveyed showed interest in the industry at all. Additionally, Dark Reading reports, 82 percent of the millennials surveyed stated “no high school teacher or guidance counselor ever mentioned to them the idea of a career in cyber [...]
National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) brings our industry together for a common cause– to build awareness about cyber security and provide people with the tools they need to protect themselves from risk. It is an important topic for businesses and consumers alike.To honor NCSAM, we’re teaming up with STOP. THINK. CONNECT. and a number [...]
This month, Forrester released its Understand the State of Data Security and Privacy report, which revealed that internal threats are the leading cause of business data breaches in the past 12 months. The report surveyed SMB and enterprise businesses from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany and the UK.Grant Hatchimonji from CSO reported that 36 percent [...]
October marks the beginning of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), a national effort to keep Americans aware of the tools and resources they need to stay secure online.The Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance began NCSAM ten years ago, and it has since grown into an advocacy month in which [...]
With summer officially over, September found us keeping our noses to the grindstone here at Experian. A large portion of September was spent thinking and talking about online reputation management as we prepped for our quarterly Experian cyberSAFE webinar. It all came down to September 24th, when we hosted the webinar with three very cool [...]
This guest post comes from Michael Cahill, editor of the Vista Health Solutions Blog. He writes about the health care system, the health insurance industry and the Affordable Care Act. For many American families, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is going to make health insurance costs that much better. However, stories of scammers have made [...]
In a move to help guard against national cyber attacks, the U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $30 million to 11 vendors to protect the nation’s electric grid, oil and gas infrastructure.“Keeping the nation’s energy flowing is vital to the safety and well-being of Americans, our economic prosperity, and modern society as a whole,” said [...]
