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Cybersecurity, why a hotline number could be important?

Security Affairs

The creation of a dedicated emergency number for cybersecurity could provide an effective solution to this rapidly growing challenge The growing threat of cybercrime is calling for new and innovative defense strategies. What benefits A dedicated cybersecurity emergency number would have several benefits.

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MY TAKE: ‘Digital trust’ has a huge role to play mitigating cybersecurity threats, going forward

The Last Watchdog

Related: Leveraging PKI to advance electronic signatures. It used to be that trusting the connection between a workstation and a mainframe computer was the main concern. And yet at this moment, digital trust isn’t where it needs to be on the boardroom priority list or the IT security team’s strategy.

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The Race is On! Crypto Agility vs Quantum Computing. Who is ahead?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Preparing for Data Security in the Quantum Computing Era. Each passing day brings the world closer to the exciting reality of powerful quantum computing. Quantum computing is a threat to public key infrastructure and security systems that rely on it. Waiting until quantum computing is widely available ?

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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 16 December 2020, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (“NIS II Directive”) that revises the current Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (“NIS Directive”). Cybersecurity risk management and reporting obligations.

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SHARED INTEL: Here’s why security analysts need to remain on high alert for fake bug reports

The Last Watchdog

In an ideal world, cybersecurity analysts would get legitimate daily reports on improving a company’s security. These often come as unsolicited phone calls or computer notifications and might sound convincing and well-intentioned, claiming they can solve all the vulnerabilities in the electronics if recipients buy the report.

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Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor. It highlights the leadership of financial services in cybersecurity relative to other industries, but it also uncovers some surprising chinks in their cybersecurity armor. Thu, 09/01/2022 - 05:15. Data security challenges.

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Strengthening cybersecurity in life sciences with IBM and AWS

IBM Big Data Hub

Cloud computing offers the potential to redefine and personalize customer relationships, transform and optimize operations, improve governance and transparency, and expand business agility and capability. In 2017, 94% of hospitals used electronic clinical data from their EHR.