Guidance on Oracle October 2018 Critical Patch Update
The final Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) of 2018 fixes 12 Java SE-related vulnerabilities and a dozen new WebLogic flaws, part of the …
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Crowd-sourcing Threat Intelligence & Response Guidance
AlienVault SVP Russ Spitler encourages participation in the large-scale crowdsourced OTX threat intelligence community – as well as the …
Guidance on Oracle July 2018 Critical Patch Update
The Oracle July 2018 Critical Patch Update (CPU) fixes eight (8) Java SE-related vulnerabilities, all of which can be remotely exploited by …
New Federal Report Gives Guidance on Beating Botnets
A report from the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security provides five goals for protecting infrastructure from botnets and other …
Application Development GDPR Compliance Guidance
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was created by the European Commission and Council to strengthen and unify Europe’s data …
NCSC Publishes New Application Security Guidance
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published a series of new application security recommendations for businesses that are …
Asking the Right Questions: Key Takeaways From the CAQ’s ‘Cybersecurity Risk Management Oversight’ Guidance
In April 2018, the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) released a document to help board directors fulfill their fiduciary duties regarding the …
How to Interpret the SEC’s Latest Guidance on Data Breach Disclosure
Forward-looking organizations should view this as an opportunity to reevaluate their cybersecurity posture and install best practices that …
Research Finds No Guidance Results in Weak Passwords
People with proper guidance are 40% more likely to create a secure password. According to research led by the University of Plymouth, in …
SEC Releases Updated Guidance For Cybersecurity Disclosure
“Today, the importance of data management and technology to business is analogous to the importance of electricity and other forms of …
SEC Releases Updated Cybersecurity Guidance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has released revised cybersecurity guidance for publicly traded …
SEC Reinforces and Expands Its Cybersecurity Guidance for Public Companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an updated guidance for public companies in preparing disclosures about cybersecurity …
Hoping to fill a global void, private companies push for ‘cyber norms’
Technology companies are increasingly joining together to develop and promote the adoption of international “norms” and other rules for …
Coming Soon: SEC Cybersecurity Guidance Changes
Shortly after the Target breach in late 2013, the SEC began a cybersecurity “sweep” across a selection of 50 registered investment advisors …
SEC Plans Cybersecurity Guidance Refresh: What to Expect
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to update its 6-year-old cybersecurity guidance for how publicly traded firms …
Report: SEC Plans Breach Reporting Guidance Refresh
Report: SEC Plans Breach Reporting Guidance Refresh Regulator Set to Revise 6-Year-Old Cybersecurity Rules Mathew …
FDIC Issues Guidance to Areas in Illinois Impacted by Severe Storms
The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Illinois affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and…
NIST Offering Much Needed Guidance for Neglected SMBs
While attacks are a mix of both random than targeted efforts, there are certain characteristics that serve as “common denominators” for attacks against SMBs. According to research presented at BlackHat…
UK Government Introduces Connected Car Security Guidance
The UK government has introduced comprehensive new guidelines designed to improve the cybersecurity of connected and autonomous vehicles. The eight principles, drawn up by the Department of Transport and Centre…
OpenText Opens Up Its Wallet Once Again for Guidance Software and Covisint
OpenText is on a buying spree. Yesterday, just hours before it officially closed on its acquisition of identity management and IoT platform provider Covisint, OpenText announced it has reached a…
OpenText acquires forensic security vendor Guidance Software for $240 million
OpenText, the content management company based in Waterloo, Ontario announced today that it was buying Guidance Software, a forensic security and eDiscovery vendor for $240 million. OpenText agreed to pay…
Simple GDPR Information Security Guidance: Don’t believe the Hype
That’s right, there are just three information (data) security requirements in the GDPR, Articles 33, 34, and 35, the other 96 Articles relate to data subject rights, data controller responsibilities,…
Guidance for connected vehicle security: Attack vectors and impacts
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released its first ever research and guidance report on connected vehicle security. Authored by the CSA’s Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group, “Observations and Recommendations…
Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Guidance for Connected Vehicle Security
New Guidance for Connected Vehicle Security SEATTLE, May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to…