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How security pros deal with cybercrime extortion

1 in 3 security professionals recommend negotiating with cybercriminals for the return of stolen data or the restoration of encrypted files, according to ThreatTrack Security. …

Aligning risk analysis and IT security spending

IT security spending should be aligned with risk analysis results. Too frequently, though, this is not the case. Thought leaders in information security have been describing a …

Over a third of orgs have no real-time insight on cyber risks

Most organizations (67%) are facing rising threats in their information security risk environment, but over a third (37%) have no real-time insight on cyber risks necessary to …

Google triples Chrome bug bounties

Google has announced another change in its Chrome bug bounty: the maximum reward per bug has been tripled, and now stands at $15,000. “Due in part to our collaboration …

Insider incidents and high-profile crimes increasing

The number of reported security incidents rose 48 percent this year to 42.8 million – which is the equivalent of 117,339 attacks per day. A report from PwC US, CIO and …

Businesses are deprioritizing information security

Businesses are deprioritizing information security and decreasing their investment in the destruction of confidential information, according to Shred-it. According to the …

Global cost of data breach goes up by 15 percent

The average consolidated total cost of a data breach increased 15 percent in the last year to $3.5 million, say the results of Ponemon Institute’s ninth annual Cost of …

Sales drop as corporate data breaches rise

Consumers avoid doing business with a breached organization at an alarming rate, according to a new study commissioned by Identity Finder, the results of which were revealed …

Mozilla offers $10,000 for bugs in its new cert verification library

In the wake of the recent discoveries of the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug and the SSL “gotofail” bug, Mozilla has announced a new and topical bug bounty program: it …

CISO challenges and security ROI

Mark Brown is the Director of Information Security at EY. In this interview he offers guidance for CISOs, discusses the technical competence of company leaders, tackles …

Cisco offers $300k for IoT security solutions

Cisco has launched a new competition and is calling on “visionaries, innovators, and implementers” to propose practical solutions for issues affecting security of …

Identity relationship management market to exceed $50 billion by 2020

ForgeRock announced today that the identity relationship management (IRM) market, focused on managing customer interactions across any device or environment, will exceed $50 …

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