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Senate lawmakers failed to pass cybersecurity legislation in 2012, and the bill drafted by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., faces an uphill battle to break that trend. The Senate Intelligence Committee postponed a markup of Feinstein’s bill that would allow companies to share information about digital threats to help prevent cybersecurity attacks, so […]
After a series of high-profile data breaches and warnings, corporate boards are waking to cyberthreats, grappling with security issues they once relegated to technology experts. via Boards Race to Bolster Cybersecurity – WSJ
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What if you were forced to turn over personal information that’s even more sensitive to an organization with an incredibly poor track record for keeping that information safe? Well that’s the situation most Americans are already in, and the organization that collects all our data is the United States federal government. via We’ve got your […]
When can an organization rest assured that it’s done enough to secure itself and its customers or constituents against cyberattacks? It’s a question bank chief executives and boards ask themselves when wire-transfer fraud occurs, when new malware strains like Svpeng emerge, when denial-of-service attacks take place, and when data breaches happen. The question cropped up […]
Cybersecurity bills are normally looked at as being terrible for privacy. But a new one being considered by the Senate has a bonus—it’s still bad for privacy, but it could also kill whatever is left of net neutrality. Portions of the cybersecurity bill that the Senate is considering, which is modeled on CISPA, could be […]
The year 2014 may well go down in the history books as the year that extortion attacks went mainstream. Fueled largely by the emergence of the anonymous online currency Bitcoin, these modern-day shakedowns are blurring the lines between online and offline fraud, and giving novice computer users a crash course in modern-day cybercrime. via 2014: The […]
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Law firms face an array of cyberthreats from foreign governments, competitors and hackers. And then there’s the threat that has always existed in the offline world, but has migrated online: inside jobs—or what cybersecurity experts call extrusion. via Law firms’ own employees are among the major cyberthreats to be protected against — ABA Journal
The Obama administration and the private sector — often at odds over the regulation of everything from telecom issues to software protection to the environment — apparently agree that a major issue dealing with cybersecurity should be addressed on a cooperative basis, largely free of federal regulation. via White House Tilts Toward Public-Private Cybersecurity Cooperation […]