cybersecurity

Podcast | Designing ‘Playbooks’ for Supply-Chain Security

February 8, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Supply-chain management might not be a sport, but it can benefit from the use of “playbooks” for shoring up security.

Manufacturers Are a Sitting Duck for Hackers

December 19, 2018

Nikolai Vargas, SCB Contributor

While the WannaCry and Petya attacks may be long forgotten by the media, their lasting effects are still wreaking havoc on many major corporations.

Supply-Chain Cyberattacks Are Escalating. Are All Your Doors Locked?

When it comes to opportunities for a cyberattack, think of a business as a mansion with lots of unprotected doors and windows.

September 24, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

When it comes to opportunities for a cyberattack, think of a business as a mansion with lots of unprotected doors and windows.

How Hacking Insulin Pump Demonstrates Security Danger of Internet of Things

January 15, 2016

Design News

Back in 2011, security researcher Jay Radcliffe hacked into his own insulin pump, demonstrating how a remote user could potentially deliver a fatal dose of insulin to an unsuspecting diabetic. It was a dramatic way to show the medical device industry how insecurity of devices could lead to life-threatening situations.

Shoppers Abandon Retailers Who Sustain Data Breaches, Report Claims

December 16, 2015

Fierce Retail

U.S. shoppers are likely to change their shopping habits if their favorite retailer experienced a data breach, according to a report by Vormetric and Wakefield, which specialize in data security solutions.

The Cloud Could Be Safer Than Any Private System, U.S. CIO Says

October 27, 2015

CIO

Tony Scott, U.S. CIO, says there is no safer place to store data than in the cloud.

The Cloud: Hackers' New Thieving Ground

October 26, 2015

Business Edge

Criminals go where they can do the most damage with minimal effort. It's why, for years, hackers targeted Windows rather than Macs - it was where the users, and in turn the data, were. And now we're seeing a steady migration from one platform to the next as popularity grows. Hackers moved from Windows to Apple's OS to mobile. Now, unsurprisingly, they are targeting the cloud.

Risks Can Multiply When Execs Hack IT Security Budgets

October 22, 2015

CFO

With cyber risks looming ever larger, CFOs must avoid "starving" information technology security budgets, the author of a recently released survey concerning cybersecurity and corporate governance warns.

Vendor Risk Management Programs Still Require Improvement, Study Finds

July 13, 2015

Protiviti

Organizations must make improvements to their risk management programs in order to keep pace with the latest cyber-attack risks and data security challenges, according to the second annual 2015 Vendor Risk Management Benchmark Study, released by the Shared Assessments Program and Protiviti, a global consulting firm.

Failure to Keep Eye on Your Providers Brings Great Risk of Data Breach

July 6, 2015

CFO

Large corporations and government agencies are increasingly suffering data breaches stemming from lax security on the part of their service providers.