Cyber attacks

Despite advances in machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence, cyber attackers are learning how to work around them, according to McAfee.

While human resources and finance departments are the easiest target for social engineering, tech workers pose the biggest risk to networks.

The major attacks included WannaCry, ExPetr, and BadRabbit, which all used exploits designed to compromise corporate networks.

Fewer than half of programmers are confident in the code they write and run, with 60 percent lacking confidence in the security of their applications, says Joe McCann.

Both parties have good intentions, wanting to do what’s best for the organization, yet conflicting priorities and viewpoints make them frequently go head to head.

The smartphone application is a response to recent upticks in ransomware attacks, the company says.

Yet despite widespread awareness, the deficit of trained personnel is growing worse

Reacting as quickly as possible and restoring data from backups are key ingredients for recovery.

The law is largely based on similar regulation in New York state, but has key differences, lawyers say.

Perhaps of greatest concern, a new study showed that uncertainty is highest among IT security experts, who should therefore be more familiar with the issue.

More rules may not be the best answer to protecting financial services against cyber attacks.

While keeping up with regulatory changes remains a big challenge, insurers are focused on cybersecurity and IT risk at high levels.

Calls for less reliance on credit bureaus and Social Security numbers for verification are leading many to envision a future of identity on a distributed ledger.

The offering uses mimicked version of an information system to fool hackers, says Chris Albery of the HITRUST organization.

Equifax's data breach may be the most serious, given that it covered 143 million consumers and involved reams of confidential information, but it wasn't the largest. Following are the biggest to date.

Organizations paid $301M to cyber attackers in 2016, and incidents are expected to increase over the next two years.

Carriers are wise to shore up security governance, data protection and incident response strategies, says Novarica's Tom Benton.

Many organizations struggle with an overwhelming amount of threat information, coupled with a lack of staff expertise to analyze it.

This information is exactly what is relied on to verify someone’s identity. It is simply a gold mine for potential identity thieves.

A recent survey on how well prepared organizations are to protect their systems from a breach was 'eye-opening and disturbing,' says Martin Veitch.