Human error looks to be the obvious culprit in an accidental data breach by Britain's Cabinet Office, which published the home addresses of celebrities such as Elton John and Olivia Newton-John when it released a list of individuals set to be recognized for their contributions to British society.
Wanted: A new chief executive to assume command of Britain's growing National Cyber Security Center, part of GCHQ. As Ciaran Martin departs, the successful NCSC model he helped create is being widely emulated in many countries. But the U.S. remains a notable holdout.
11 Best Practices to Minimize Risk and Protect Your Data
By now, we are all too aware of the consequences of a data breach:
Brand damage
Loss of customer confidence
Potentially costly litigation
Regulatory fines
However, most organizations are not as familiar with how to prevent these attacks. They still spend...
Your machine data has a record of all of the activity that takes place across your infrastructure. It's become the single most valuable asset in the enterprise, as the secrets to business optimization lie within the scores of microtransactions, including the ability to detect, investigate and respond to threats. And...
Now more than ever, chief information security officers(CISOs) are expected to weigh in on board-level decisions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, business acumen has become just as important as technical know-how, and executives rely on the CISO to map securityprograms to business objectives to promote...
From there to here, from here to there, types of fraud
are everywhere.
Fraud is responsible for billions of dollars of loss every year and accounts for 85 percent of all security breaches - and it can all start with a phishing email from a friendly prince, otherwise known as a 419 fraud.
In this children's book,...
With the goal of becoming an international university XJTLU needed to ensure that their website was high performing and available for users anywhere in the world. However, with infrastructure focused on campus, access to XJTLU's site was intermittent and slow for off campus users. This poor performance was magnified...
The National Cyber Security Center, the U.K.'s national computer emergency response team, investigated 658 serious cybersecurity incidents in a 12-month period and supported nearly 900 victim organizations - most of whom learned they had fallen victim after being alerted by the center.
For planning their trips, travelers turn to the names they trust. Airlines, transportation companies, and travel booking sites face a number of challenges in their efforts to earn that trust by keeping their web properties secure and providing an amazing customer experience. Download our solution brief to learn how...
Great Rail Journeys is the UK's leading seller of holidays by rail, making it easy for customers to browse and book trips online. But as they were actively expanding their customer base internationally to North America, with the ultimate goal of delivering services globally, they recognized a few technical challenges,...
Lastminute.com is a worldwide travel company that helps customers in 40 countries search and book travel related products and services. The company operates a portfolio of well-known brands, each with a consumer website in multiple languages and its own security and performance needs. Their total combined traffic...
The Buyer's Guide for Complete Privileged Access Management (PAM) is the most thorough tool for holistically assessing your privileged access security needs and mapping them to modern privilege management solutions. This detailed PAM Buyer's Guide will help you identify where to begin your privileged access management...
Britain's privacy watchdog has proposed a record-breaking $230 million fine against British Airways for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation due to "poor security arrangements" that attackers exploited to steal 500,000 individuals' payment card data and other personal details.
Want to improve how your organization delivers and absorbs security awareness training? Then it comes down to reinventing your approach, including gamification, says Barracuda's Michael Flouton.
Vulnerabilities and network incidents are on the rise. You're racing the clock to patch the riskiest vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them.
Review this report to learn:
Exploiting vulnerabilities from the mind of an attacker
Observed success and probability of an incident to due exploitation
The metrics...
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