In formulating a cybersecurity strategy, there are two principal approaches a business can take – a proactive approach or reactive approach. A reactive approach involves responding to attacks after (or if) they happen. A proactive approach attempts to prevent incidents from taking place before they can happen, anticipating the potential risks and weaknesses within a […]
In the wake of innumerable cyberattacks, a number of cybersecurity startups have been founded with the mission to ensure strong security. However, largely overwhelmed by the improvements in the security landscape, and more sophisticated technological advancement used by enterprises to lock customers have left the startups at a disadvantage. In a market that is growing […]
THE KEY A “I Voted” sticker is shown by a keyboard in the Voting Machine Hacking Village during the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas on July 29, 2017. (Steve Marcus/Reuters) For the second year in a row, hackers at the Def Con computer security conference in Las Vegas set out to show just how […]
That fax machine you don’t really know how to use? Turns out, it could let hackers access every file in your network. Using only a phone line and fax machine, researchers at Check Point Research were able to gain access to every computer connected to a Hewlett Packard all-in-one printer. They sent a fax of […]
In the Solutions Review Cybersecurity Best Practices articles, we have a common refrain: your employees are your enterprise’s biggest attack vector. This means that your employees constitute either your greatest strength or your greatest vulnerability, depending on their knowledge of and training in cybersecurity best practices. Obviously, deploying and maintaining a cybersecurity solution is an […]
When I walked around the exhibition floor at this week’s massive Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, I was struck by the number of companies boasting about how they are using machine learning and artificial intelligence to help make the world a safer place. But some experts worry vendors aren’t paying enough attention to […]
THE KEY Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 17. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) It’s been almost exactly one year since lawmakers — prompted by a massive cyberattack that disabled huge chunks of the Internet — floated a bipartisan bill to set the first cybersecurity standards for the broad group of devices known as the Internet […]
LAS VEGAS — Some of the brightest minds in cybersecurity want the U.S. voting system to embrace technology. Others want to keep tech as far away as possible. Election hacking was one of the main themes at Black Hat, a conference in Las Vegas this week that brought together thousands of ethical hackers to discuss […]
Businessman hand pressing button Security. sign on virtual screen. business safety concept. This article appeared in Cybersecurity Law Strategy, an ALM publication for privacy and security professionals, Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Corporate Counsel, Internet and Tech Practitioners, In-House Counsel. Visit the website to learn more. Here’s a cybersecurity question I […]
By the end of 2017, some 61% of businesses had implemented artificial intelligence (AI) into their organizations—a 23% jump from the previous year, according to Narrative Science. And the incorporation of AI into business will only rise: The number of medium and large enterprises using machine learning is predicted to double by the end of […]