Cyber Security
How A 100-Year-Old Unbreakable Cipher Will Transform Digital Security
What would you think if there were a cure for cancer, but the medical profession didn?t provide it? How about a plant that solves world starvation, but farmers couldn?t be bothered to grow it? Or if there were an Unbreakable cipher for perfect digital security, but the cryptography field doesn?t use it? Not only is that Unbreakable cipher real – it?s been around for over a hundred years! It was invented by Gilbert Vernam, a Bell Labs Engineer (not a cryptographer, mind you) in 1917 and is the only Unbreakable cryptographic cipher. All it took for anyone to send an Unbreakable message was to pre-share a one-time-only encryption key, which is known as a One-Time Pad or OTP. So if this perfect Unbreakable cipher exists, why doesn?t cryptography use it?
PSA’s Leadership And Cybersecurity Education At ISC West 2018
PSA, announced it will host an education track with sessions and a workshop during ISC West in Las Vegas, NV on April 10-12, 2018. The PSA education track will be held exclusively on Tuesday, April 10. Members of PSA Committees, PSA executive leadership team, and other industry experts will lead the six sessions that are included in the PSA Track. Focus areas include leadership, sales, cybersecurity, marketing, RMR, and project management.
Five Safety Tips To Minimize Risk And Impact Of Identity Fraud
Javelin Strategy & Research released The 2018 Identity Fraud Study which found that despite industry efforts to prevent identity fraud, fraudsters successfully adapted to net 1.3 million more victims in 2017, with the amount stolen rising to $16.8 billion. Javelin believes that consumers who exercise good online security habits can minimize their risk and impact of identity fraud. Here are five recommendations for consumers to follow.
Identity Fraud Hits All Time High With 16.7 Million U.S. Victims in 2017
The 2018 Identity Fraud Study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, revealed that the number of identity fraud victims increased by eight percent (rising to 16.7 million U.S. consumers) in the last year, a record high since Javelin Strategy & Research began tracking identity fraud in 2003. The study found that despite industry efforts to prevent identity fraud, fraudsters successfully adapted to net 1.3 million more victims in 2017, with the amount stolen rising to $16.8 billion.
MOBOTIX Launches “Cactus Concept” In Video Surveillance
MOBOTIX has announced a raised focus on cyber security by implementing the ?MOBOTIX Cactus Concept.? The concept aims to deliver a comprehensive approach to protecting MOBOTIX products against the threat of cyber-attacks along with education and tools to help customers and partners build and maintain secure video surveillance and access control environments. The objective of the Cactus Concept is to implement a multimedia cyber security campaign in order to raise awareness among potential and existing MOBOTIX customers of the importance of data security in network-based video security systems and how organizations can protect themselves through cost-efficient and intelligent solutions.
DeWalt & McAlpine Launch Premier Cybersecurity Advisory Firm
Cyber Investing Summit Keynote Speaker Dave DeWalt and Panelist Eric McAlpine have joined forces to launch Momentum Cyber, a new advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the cybersecurity industry. The firm offers a new and innovative advisory model specifically designed for the cybersecurity industry combining operational excellence, board room, corporate finance, strategy, exit planning, and M&A services throughout the life of a client – Incubation to Exit.
Nine Ways To Avoid Getting Hooked By W-2 Phishing Schemes
Scammers pose via email as a senior company executive and request HR and Finance managers provide them copies of employee tax forms. Once a complete set is obtained, they sell it on the black market. Between $4 to $20 per form can be raked in by selling off the individual pieces of employee identity W-2s contain or using them to file tax returns and taking the refunds. It?s trapped a surprising number of small business managers and the problem?s only escalating.
Arecont Vision Welcomes Allied Telesis To Technology Partner Program
Arecont Vision®, announced that Allied Telesis, Inc. has joined the Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program. Allied Telesis is a leading provider of hardware and software products that build secure, feature-rich, and scalable data exchange solutions. Allied Telesis is universally recognized for innovating the way in which services and applications are delivered and managed, resulting in increased value and lower operating costs. In a world moving toward Smart Cities and the Internet of Things, Allied Telesis pushes networks to the edge to meet new challenges.
PSA Security, ISC Security And SIA To Launch Cyber Secured Forum
PSA Security Network, the world’s largest systems integrator cooperative, ISC Security Events and the Security Industry Association (SIA), the leading trade association for global security solution providers.
Keeping Up With Technology Risk
As consumers, we are technology junkies searching for the next great fix, and companies around the world are racing to deliver the coolest new distraction. Sounds great, right? There?s just one problem: companies are working under relentless pressure and impossibly tight deadlines that are quite literally harmful to us, and lead to greater technology risk. Remember that awesome smartphone with the iris recognition system, the Secure Folder security feature, and the battery that had the unfortunate habit of exploding? What about the time Amazon lost hundreds of millions of dollars over a typo? With this never ending demand for newer, cooler technology, many businesses today find themselves sacrificing security and operation in order to release as quickly as possible.
SecureCircle Now Delivers Ubiquitous Transparent Security To Unstructured Data
SecureCircle has announced the launch of its flagship security product, SecureCircle, which is the first security product designed to meet the challenges of securing and managing unstructured data in a “zero-trust” world. Differing from other data security and access control solutions, SecureCircle automatically detects and transparently protects data no matter the form it takes throughout its lifecycle.
Expert Speaks On Recent ‘Red Disk’ Security Leak
The latest US Department of Defense ?Red Disk? data security leak is yet another indicator of how current cybersecurity thinking is entirely out of sync with the broader changes in IT that have taken place over the last 20 years. The explosion of IT systems, networks, users, clouds, and devices has caused the size of the typical enterprise?s attack surface to expand exponentially. Any user or device can be the weakest link and become the steppingstone to a major data breach.
8 Cyber Insurance Questions Start-Up and Small Business Owners Are Asking
Question and Answer with Michelle Lopilato, the Senior Vice President, Director of Cyber and Technology, Hub International, along with John Farley, Vice President, Cyber Risk, HUB International. Cyber attacks are a reality in today?s age of technology, but that doesn?t mean you have to become a victim when it affects your business. You can stay afloat by arming your start-up/SMB with proactive and reactive cyber security strategies. Tragically, 60 percent of small to midsize companies that suffer a cyber attack are out of business within six months. Don?t make the mistake in assuming that your business is not as susceptible to breaches as large companies. In fact, 55 percent of 600 small and medium sized business (SMB) in a recent survey reported being hacked.
Most Cyber Attacks Are Inside Jobs
According to IBM Security research, 75% of insider cyber attacks involved malicious intent and 25% involved inadvertent actors. It was also found that the top three industries most under attack are healthcare, manufacturing and financial services, due to the large quantity of personal data, intellectual property, and physical inventory available, as well as massive financial assets, respectively.
Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Impacts Security Operations
According to ESG research, 45% of organizations report having a problematic shortage of cybersecurity skills in 2017. Of course, this applies to all areas of cybersecurity but recent ESG research shows that the skills shortage has a direct impact on security analytics and operations. The research also reveals some of the ramifications of these cybersecurity skills shortages.
Cyber Risk Lessons for Boards and Officers
Large enterprises like Equifax, Target, Sony and Home Depot may have grabbed headlines for cyber attacks, but small to mid-size businesses are the most exposed and the easiest prey. That?s because small businesses have fewer resources and may falsely believe that hackers only target large organizations. Last year, small organizations accounted for 85% of data breach claims, and breaches of less than 10,000 records cost on average $4.66 million.
Spohn Security Warns Of Risks With Cloud Computing Still Emerging
More companies are moving towards cloud technologies for lower costs, faster time to market, and increased employee productivity. However, the vulnerability of common cloud servers creates many new security challenges, the full impact of which we are just starting to determine. Spohn Security Solutions offers advice on catching vulnerabilities and proofing your company against cloud attacks.
Expert Breaks Down WPA2 Security Flaw, Explains Solutions
Researchers have discovered a key flaw in the WPA2 Wi-Fi encryption protocol that allows hackers to intercept credit card numbers, passwords, photos and other sensitive information. The new exploit is called KRACK, short for Key Reinstallation Attacks. The research has been kept under wraps for weeks ahead of a coordinated disclosure. The vulnerability affects the core WPA2 protocol itself and is effective against devices running Android, Linux, and OpenBSD, and to a lesser extent macOS and Windows, as well as MediaTek Linksys.
Cyberattacks: 59% Of Survey Respondents Say Laptops Are Most Vulnerable Devices
Following a first survey from December 2016, ReportLinker conducted a new research on cybersecurity to find out if opinions and attitudes towards this threat have shifted since last year. Many Americans don?t feel they personally are at much risk of a cyberattack, they are however a large majority to think cyberattacks are becoming more a threat now.
Corporations Still Unprepared For Emergency Situations
As security and employee safety remain at risk, unpreparedness is still affecting many corporations according to the Trends in Corporate Security survey from Rave Mobile Safety. Rave, provider of critical communication and data platform solutions trusted to save lives, has released the findings of a corporate security survey. Completed anonymously by 150 managers in corporate safety and security, employee safety, physical plant security, IT security and business continuity, respondents identified factors driving corporate safety and security decision making. According to the data, even with growing awareness around risks in the workplace, there is a continued unpreparedness in corporate security.