It's Time to Patch or Pitch Vulnerable DevicesIt's no surprise that virus-wielding hackers are exploiting Internet of Things devices. Blame too many device manufacturers rushing products to market, skimping on secure development... Read more »
Cybercrime, Data Breaches Among Topics at Must-See SessionsThis year's Infosecurity Europe conference in London is offering a top-notch range of sessions, ranging from how to battle cybercrime and social engineering to building... Read more »
New Task Force Created to Assist Smaller MerchantsFive best practices noted in version 3.0 of the PCI Data Security Standard will become requirements after June 30, with remote access and third-party risks... Read more »
Cisco's Srinivasan on the Evolving Threat Landscape for BanksBanking is no longer just about bricks-and-mortar. With institutions increasingly adopting Web and mobile banking, the threat landscape is changing. Cisco's Pravin Srinivasan shares... Read more »
FireEye's Costanzo Calls for 'Re-Imagining' SecurityWith growing vulnerabilities and changing cyberthreats, CISOs must leverage threat intelligence models to gauge attackers' motives, says FireEye's Rich Costanzo, who calls on CISOs to "re-imagine" sec... Read more »
Banks Reject Breach Settlement, Push Forward with LawsuitMasterCard's breach settlement with Target has been derailed after not enough card issuers agreed to the terms. Now MasterCard is expected to attempt to renegotiate,... Read more »
Vendors' and software makers' over-reliance on security messages and warnings has left users habituated to them, thus rendering such alerts less effective or even worthless, warns cybersecurity expert Alan Woodward. Read more »
Gartner's John Girard boils down the mobile security challenge to three topics: the number of devices, diversity of capabilities and the complexity of management. How does he advise CISOs to tackle these... Read more »
Why Failure to Implement EMV Could Prove Very CostlyU.S. merchants that aren't able to accept EMV chip cards by October should be bracing for significant upticks in card fraud expenses. Unfortunately, many... Read more »
OWASP's Soi on Securing the Application LifecycleIn an application-driven economy, are security leaders paying enough attention to application-level security? OWASP's Dhruv Soi speaks on how to ensure security in the application development... Read more »