As fraud continues to surge during the holiday period, consumers are becoming less tolerant of companies’ inadequate data-protection practices, according to new survey findings that suggest 70 percent of consumers would stop doing business with a company following a data breach at that company.
David Braue | 01 Dec | Read more
It may have started as a guideline for protection of credit-card information, but the payment card industry’s PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is rapidly gaining a following across other industries as a more general framework for data security.
David Braue | 25 Nov | Read more
Many recent executive surveys have suggested that business executives are steadily becoming more aware of the need to deal effectively with cybersecurity issues. Yet one recent survey of executives' digital-transformation priorities debunked this, with security issues landing at the bottom of the priority list behind a whole slew of more-conventional business concerns.
David Braue | 26 Sep | Read more
Security experts have warned Australian companies to lock down Windows remote desktop protocol (RDP) access after finding ransomware that uses brute-forced RDP credentials to install file-encrypting ransomware.
The use of stolen passwords to compromise the website of ticket seller StubHub is a reminder that additional layers of protection are often needed for sites holding sensitive data.
Antone Gonsalves | 25 Jul | Read more