Encryption has always been a central concern for the cybersecurity community, but it has taken on added importance following the 2013 revelations of widespread Internet surveillance by world governments and intelligence agencies.
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Many organizations are gradually setting aside their reservations about cloud security and storing more company data to the cloud, but security risks remain.
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Data breaches have many causes, from outdated security software to employee mistakes. While organizations have to contend with a wide array of external dangers, the most serious risks may reside within.
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How secure are mobile banking apps? Many individuals and organizations already trust smartphones to perform critical tasks such as reading email, working with corporate documents and conducting multi-factor authentication, so managing bank accounts would seem to be just another part of the mobile workflow.
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The most recent report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Security and Technology identified a broad range of vulnerabilities in public sector IT, but are its recommendations feasible?
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An attack on the point-of-sale systems at retail giant Target over the holidays may have exposed sensitive data, including PINs, from tens of millions of payment cards.
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Technological alternatives to cash and credit have entered the spotlight in 2013, promising convenience but often delivering security issues.
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Amid the long enrollee waiting times and the simultaneous fervor created by the federal government shutdown and standoff over the statutory debt ceiling, U.S. government observers and consumers alike may have overlooked the security red flags on healthcare.gov.
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Following the leak of a classified slide deck by an NSA contractor this past June, the agency’s previously secretive PRISM program entered the public spotlight and inspired vigorous debate over its legality and overall implications for individual privacy.
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The advent of software-as-a-service (SaaS) has changed how enterprises approach their IT operations, with many departments now regarding server infrastructure management, maintenance and vigilant security monitoring as tasks properly assigned to their cloud providers.
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