A Europe-wide moratorium on surveillance software such as NSO Group’s Pegasus and similar products is needed to clamp down on abuses, according to a draft report from European Union lawmakers.
‘We’re getting closer and closer,’ said Director of IBM Research Dario Gil
Before the pandemic, Highmark CISO Omar Khawaja had cybersecurity staff in just two states. Now a “work-from-anywhere” policy means his people are spread among 21 states.
The international organization proposed three options that could serve as a digital equivalent of the red cross symbol.
Bank reports show the number and value of ransomware-related transactions more than doubled last year from 2020, though the true numbers are thought to be far higher.
The new requirements apply to the aviation supply chain, including plane manufacturers, airlines and weather data providers.
The White House has a strong message for software makers and service providers: cybersecurity is your problem, too.
The big rating firms are giving more weight to the fallout of breaches in determining a company’s creditworthiness. S&P has downgraded some organizations months or even a few years after a hack.
EyeMed Vision Care LLC’s $4.5 million settlement last week over a New York cybersecurity probe is the latest signal regulators are turning up the heat on financial-services firms.
Companies have paid out eye-popping sums in recent years to settle claims they violated Illinois’s biometric privacy law. Last week, a historic legal judgment against BNSF Railway Co. highlighted that data lapses by third-party contractors also don’t come cheap.
The cybersecurity talent gap grew by 26.2% over the past year, with around 3.4 million unfilled jobs worldwide, according to a new study from professional organization (ISC)2.
A new agreement is expected to be in place in early 2023, making it easier to move data about EU citizens to the U.S., though many worry the deal could be short-lived.