Applications continue to pose security risks for enterprises. According to the latest (ISC)² Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS), application vulnerabilities continue to be the biggest concern for security professionals, with 69% of participants indicating that it's the No.1 security threat....
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When President Barack Obama signed The Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which was included in the federal omnibus government spending package, the legislation included nine pages of healthcare-related cybersecurity measures....
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Thousands of patients have had their personal files encrypted by hackers after a Melbourne heart hospital was hit by ransomware. Melbourne Heart Group, which runs the specialist cardiology unit at the city’s private Cabrini hospital, has reportedly been unable to access the 15,000 scrambled files for three weeks following the attack. This has led to issues such as patients turning up to appointments for which the hospital has no record. The hospital reportedly paid the cyber-criminals but,...
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Though the deadline for GDPR compliance has already passed, there are still many organizations that are not compliant, which is why IBM wants to help with a new tool to identify private information. IBM is set to announce the release of its new Guardium Analyzer security tool on June 5 to help organizations identify and protect sensitive personal information that might be subject to the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR is all about keeping personal end-us...
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Digital transformation is leaving businesses exposed to more cyberattacks. At the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, panelists explain how much cybersecurity expertise is expected of CIOs. With the global cost of cybercrime expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021, cybersecurity can't be an afterthought for businesses. As companies continue to implement new technologies to spur their digital transformation journey, devising an enterprise cybersecurity strategy has become paramount to address new vulnerab...
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"America first" isn’t always a good thing, particularly when it comes to cyber-risk. Still, the US was number one on the list of nations from which the most risk to the internet originated, according to the third annual National Exposure Index released today by Rapid7. Analysis of the current state of internet exposure revealed which geopolitical regions are most at risk for deliberate, wide-scale attacks on core services. “A country with a higher percentage of exposed serv...
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