It is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Often the same is said for an organization’s data privacy & security defensives. Could it be that the ubiquitous ATM machine is the weak link to the banking system? Thursday, July 14, IBSintelligence.com reported that in Taiwan, thieves, possibly using a
New Report finds Executives “placing their heads in the sand” on cybersecurity
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
A new report commissioned by Tanium and Nasdaq finds that 90% of corporate executives admit that they can’t read a cybersecurity report and up to 40% of corporate executives do not feel personally responsible for cybersecurity for their organization. The report was the culmination of a survey of 1,530 nonexecutive directors and C-Suite executives in…
Backdoors to encryption protocols vs. cybersecurity: weighing priorities in the U.S. and abroad
By Kathleen Porter on
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Security
With the revelations that the Paris and San Bernardino attackers used encrypted communications to recruit, communicate and plan their attacks, the U.S. government is again pushing the tech industry to provide it backdoor access to encryption protocols. Bypassing security mechanisms through a backdoor, law enforcement believes, permits it to more effectively track users and content,…