Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but remember that I am only the messenger. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 23 Insight Report (published in collaboration with Accenture), although business leaders are more aware of the risk of cyber issues to their organizations, there remain challenges on how organizations are
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Cyber-attacks are the Third Greatest Global Risk in 2018
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
A new report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), called “Global Risks Report 2018,” lists the threat of cyber-warfare and cyber-attacks affecting the public as the world’s third greatest threat in 2018, only behind natural disasters and extreme weather.
The report notes that because of an increased global reliance on connected devices and the…
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,…