Bankers and retailers are hotly debating who should be liable for losses and expenses associated with the breach at Target. See how our readers weighed in on the issues involved.
Advanced threat protection provider Bit9 announced Feb. 13 that it has merged with Carbon Black, which sells an endpoint sensor designed to speed up incident response.
Organizations in all sectors can improve their compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard by taking five critical steps, says Rodolphe Simonetti of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, which just issued a new PCI compliance report.
Attorney Kim Peretti helped put TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez behind bars, and now she is helping organizations investigate and respond to their own data breaches. What tips and tools does she recommend?
Security experts disagree about whether the breach of a refrigeration vendor is ultimately to blame for the network attack that compromised Target. Here, they explain their views.
Major cyberthreat concerns for banking institutions in 2014 include DDoS attacks, mobile malware, ransomware and insider threats, among others. Experts offer insights on mitigation strategies.
Most organizations today have breach response plans. But far too few test these plans before an incident occurs. Experts Michael Bruemmer and Ronald Raether discuss the essentials of breach response.
A refrigeration vendor serving Target Corp. acknowledges it was breached. Earlier, Target had confirmed its massive breach was the result of credentials stolen from one of its vendors.
In the past few months, the "Internet of Things" has gained more attention, and the cybersecurity and privacy implications are only beginning to be addressed in many quarters.
Here's a sampling of the many sessions at RSA 2014 that will provide timely insights for security specialists in the government sector on such topics as vetting foreign technologies and implementing the new cybersecurity framework.
Encryption gaps in retail payment card transactions were highlighted at a Congressional hearing that examined security failures in the aftermath of malware attacks against point-of-sale systems at Target and Neiman Marcus.
RSA 2014 will offer many insights on how banking institutions can address a wide variety of security threats. Here's a guide to educational opportunities.
As Congressional leaders look for answers about why U.S. card security is failing, there hasn't been enough discussion surround why EMV can't easily fix our system. And the card brands have been conspicuously absent from the debate.
A review of the RSA 2014 agenda shows several seminars, panels and speakers of particular interest to healthcare-focused attendees, including those focused on mobile device security and medical device hacks.
The PCI Security Standards Council has no plans to modify its standards for payment card data security in response to high-profile payment card breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus, says Bob Russo, the council's general manager.
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