Staying ahead of compliance regulations is not a trivial task, especially since regulations are constantly changing. The compliance regulation ‘du jour’ if you will, is the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation, other wise known as GDPR. GDPR is hot on everyone’s mind as it becomes enforceable on May 25th of 2018. After that…
Cyber attacks cost businesses as much as $400 billion a year, according to insurance company Lloyd’s. Experts say that the risk of cyberattacks, especially targeted at financial institutions, has become systemic: simultaneous attacks, directed at multiple companies. That’s why some of the regulators are extending their reach into cybersecurity. In October 2016, the Federal…
Hackers collaborate every day, from asking questions via online message boards to trading open source attack techniques. It’s time the good guys collaborate just as effectively, especially in the healthcare space in order to avoid large-scale attacks. Just look at the recent ransomware attack that swept the world and hit Britain’s National Healthcare Service hospitals.…
Countless software applications are hacked daily. Whether it’s a social engineering attack where the hacker covertly tricks an individual, a broad blast phishing attack, or a brute force attack where the hacker goes straight after vulnerabilities in an application. These attacks that target these types of vulnerabilities are more formally called “zero-day” attacks. Zero-day attacks…
The most sensitive information in the nation is stored within the systems of the U.S. government — from social security numbers, to top secret clearances, to private inter-agency communications. From the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach in 2015 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) breach in 2016, we, as a nation have seen first…