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A Secret Weapon to Prevent Data Breaches (Chief Executive)

Getting ISO certification has its challenges, but it assures all stakeholders that the company is better defended—and better prepared should the worst happen.... More

New York Times Journalist Targeted by Saudi-linked Pegasus Spyware Operator (Citizen Lab)

New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware via a June 2018 SMS message promising details about “Ben Hubbard and the story of the Saudi ... More

Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, Jan. 26, 2020 Share (Citadel Information Group)

Important Security Updates Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 89.4.278 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See Citadel’s warning be... More

What is AI and How Can it Improve an Organization’s Security Posture? (Security Intelligence)

In the past few years, there’s been a lot of buzz around AI in cybersecurity. Can AI really help businesses improve their security posture? How can we determine which solutions a... More

Will This Be the Year of the Branded Cybercriminal? (Dark Reading)

All businesses evolve and adapt to their environments. Businesses in the Dark Web are no exception. In the burgeoning and nearly unpoliceable business climate that is the Dark Web,... More

For CISOs to Scale Security Fast, Shift-Left is Not Enough (Forbes)

Digital transformation has reshaped countless businesses, through the combined forces of software explosion, cloud adoption, and DevOps re-education. This has enabled new entrants ... More

Data Hijacking: Will There Be a Bounty on Your Data? (CPO)

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, regulators, organizations, and consumers alike are starting to witness a revolution. When it comes to privacy and security matters, th... More

Why 2020 is the Year of the Data Protection Officer and How to Deal With the Skills Shortage (Verdict)

Data privacy enforcement agencies around the world are ramping up judgements and penalties, while cybercriminals are doubling down with new ways to break into networks. With the du... More

How Business Leaders Can Close Their Cybersecurity Skills Gap (Agenda)

According to a recent survey of IT decision makers by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, 82% of employers say they have a shortage of cybersecurity skills—and 71... More

Europe’s Privacy Overhaul Has Led to $126M in Fines — but Regulators are Just Getting Started (CNBC)

The European Union’s overhaul of data privacy regulation is estimated to have generated 114 million euros ($126 million) in fines since it was introduced almost two years ago. Si... More

The Future of Location Data and Smartphone Tracking (CPO)

The notion that governments and corporate giants are capable of exercising their technological might in order to monitor the behavior of ordinary people is nothing new. However, th... More

Cutting Through the Noise Surrounding Threat Intelligence (IT Pro Portal)

With billions of records breached each year, businesses now understand the need to learn and think from the criminal’s perspective.... More

6 Cybersecurity Trends Driven by Identity Authentication Challenges (IM)

In the past decade, the security sector has experienced an identity crisis. Insufficient identity verification has led to limitless account takeover, extensive phishing attempts, h... More

Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, Jan. 19, 2020 (Citadel Information Group)

Important Security Updates Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 32.0.0.314. Updates are available from Adobe’s website. Google Chrome: Google has released Version... More

Verizon Media Launches OneSearch, a Privacy-Focused Search Engine (VentureBeat)

Verizon Medi has launched a “privacy-focused” search engine called OneSearch. With OneSearch, Verizon promises there will be no cookie tracking, no ad personalization, no profi... More

20 Security Predictions for 2020 (Avanade Insights)

It’s a new year. And for most enterprises, that means new security challenges. But, if you ask our experts, it also means new and exciting opportunities to tackle those security ... More

9 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Stress is an Industry Epidemic (Security Intelligence)

Cybersecurity stress is an industrywide epidemic among security professionals. Burnout is a hard conversation, but it’s necessary for CISOs to face workplace stress before it com... More

Digital Privacy vs. Cybersecurity: The Confusing Complexity of Information Security in 2020 (Modern Diplomacy)

There is a small and potentially tumultuous revolution building on the horizon of 2020. Ironically, it’s a revolution very few people on the street are even aware of but literall... More

Google Now Treats iPhones as Physical Security Keys (The Verge)

The latest update to Google’s Smart Lock app on iOS means you can now use your iPhone as a physical 2FA security key for logging into Google’s first-party services in Chrome. O... More

3 Amazing Strategies That Will Burst Cybercrimes in 2020 (ReadWrite)

Across the globe and on a daily basis, people are inundated with cyberattacks. From Spain to the U.S. and almost everywhere in the world, nobody is spared; businesses, governments,... More

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