Gemalto plans to acquire SafeNet, a data and software protection provider, for $890 million to help reinforce its identity and access management business. The deal is expected to close by year's end.
IT security expert Bruce Schneier, now the chief technologist at an incident response provider, sees tools that help enterprises respond to a data breach being used for other unexpected events.
Learn the top techniques for defending against ransomware attacks that encrypt stored data and demand a payoff to unlock PCs, servers, storage devices and smart phones.
Expect every new warning of cybercrime attacks, online espionage or the malware du jour to be slickly marketed, with the announcements carefully timed. But is this bad for either the information security community or attackers' victims?
A report that Russian hackers have hoarded 1.2 billion stolen passwords could prove to be an important catalyst for beefing up information security. Experts analyze the potential impact.
When it comes to incident response, organizations don't lack threat intelligence. They lack the automation, tools and the skilled staff to act on that intelligence, says Craig Carpenter of AccessData.
Millions of user credentials are breached regularly - whether we hear of the incidents or not. So, why do we continue to rely on passwords? Derek Manky of Fortinet discusses authentication and data retention.
The hacker community can be a cynical crowd, or perhaps a realistic one, that tries to make the best of the threats confronting society. CISO Dan Geer, for example, prefers to hire security folks who are, more than anything else, sadder but wiser.
A report that a Russian hacker group dubbed "CyberVor" is hoarding more than 1 billion stolen passwords triggered worldwide concern, but security experts caution that scant details have been revealed, making the threat tough to judge.
U.S. officials have confirmed the existence of a new leaker exposing national security documents, CNN reports. The leak apparently involves documents prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center.
Among the major data breaches reported during the week of July 28 was an incident at Irish online gambling site Paddy Power that impacted 650,000 customers. View this week's infographic of the top five breaches for the week.
Members of the Mozilla Developer Network, the software company's online development community, are being alerted about an accidental disclosure that exposed e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords.
Brian Cornell, newly appointed CEO of Target Corp., faces the challenge of ensuring that the protection of customer information is a top priority at the company following last year's massive data breach.
A "highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor" is responsible for a recent data breach at the National Research Council of Canada, according to Canada's chief information officer.
Are Hamas' cyber capabilities as potent as its kinetic weaponry? Israeli cybersecurity providers consider the impact of cyber-attacks on their businesses and the nation.
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