In accordance with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), industry is circulating a draft national cyber-incident response plan, seeking comments from the public to further President Obama’s presidential directive (PPD-41),
Despite much investment being put into the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) system, a key component of President Obama’s cybersecurity strategy, the program is off to
The International Revenue Service (IRS) is alerting taxpayers and tax professionals of an emerging phishing scheme containing fraudulent emails with fake tax bills related to coverage under the Affordable Care
In the wake of Yahoo’s massive data breach, lawsuits are piling up against the internet media company. Two separate cases, on behalf of New York resident Edward McMahon and Little
A recent poll of security pros show that more than three-quarters (76 percent) of IT professionals believe they have a “moral responsibility to share threat intelligence.” While 56 percent of
According to a report by Epoch Times, a group of Russian hackers are busy at work trying to steal user credentials from the websites of over 85 of the nation’s
When it comes to ransomware, we’ve been hearing a lot about the healthcare industry and its vulnerability to the crime. However, a recent article by cybersecurity website, NetworkWorld, suggests the
During the Chamber of Commerce Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, D.C., Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker explained that data breach enforcement action against companies will only make matters worse. Instead, Pritzker believes
A recent Washington Post article explains how government lawyers are struggling to fully understand the intricacies of the cases they deal with. More and more cases depend on technical evidence,
Last week, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) introduced the first bill in Congress pertaining to cyber insurance, The Data Breach Insurance Act (H.R. 6032). This legislation would provide a tax credit
