Security risk

The industries making the biggest investments in security solutions in 2016 will be banking, followed by discrete manufacturing, federal/central government, and process manufacturing.

The software will help customers monitor thunderstorm exposure.

More than half of businesses currently require employees to complete privacy training

The mix of vehicles with autonomous and semi-autonomous features, and the evolution of the artificial intelligence systems guiding the automation, mean insurers are in for a long period of change.

States should continue to license human drivers, enforce traffic laws, inspect vehicles for safety and regulate insurance and liability.

The new regulations will apply only to banks and other financial services companies licensed by the state of New York.

Vulnerability to ransomware will only get worse as organizations invest more in cloud-based applications, report finds.

Security issues and cost overruns persist in a number of enterprise deployments of mobile devices and applications.

Secure configurations of devices and improved patch management can limit the risk, and those steps are crucial because many IoT devices were created with low cost taking priority over security.

The vendor wasn't aware its systems were compromised until four months after the hack.

About half of end users surveyed said their organizations would accept more risk to corporate data in order to maintain productivity.

Insurers are responding to the increased frequency and complexity of cyber threats by inadvertently putting higher security burdens on customers when they release new digital tools.

The insurer learned on June 27 that contact sheets used for sales purposes had been accessed and “possibly viewed.”

Technology giants are jumping at the chance to help build the storage for exchanges via their cloud services.

Despite their popularity, IoT devices present significant and unique security risks to consumers and businesses.

Securing data depends as much on a well-trained workforce as a good software strategy.

Three-quarters of organizations dealt with some sort of data theft last year, according to the Ponemon Institute. Here are some of the reasons why, and tips to prevent them.

NewKirk Products issues ID cards for the insurers.

The life insurer aims to make its employees and licensed agents more agile when protecting customer data

The software gives the insurer a way to meet Solvency II regulatory reporting requirements.