Kevin Townsend

Waltham, MA-based GreatHorn has expanded its machine-learning phishing protection system into a complete email security platform. "This major new expansion of the Company's flagship solution,"...

Report Demonstrates that Security Needs to be Included in Containerization

Boston, MA-based start-up firm DUST Identity has emerged from stealth with $2.3 million seed funding led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from New Science...

The Battle for Privacy in the United States is Just Beginning

Intel Proposes "Innovative and Ethical Data Use Act of 2018" to Improve Protection of Personal Privacy Through Nationwide Standards

Minneapolis-based identity firm Entrust Datacard has acquired Barcelona, Spain firm Safelayer Secure Communications. Financial details have not been disclosed.

Vulnerability Exposed DJI Customer Data and Drone Flight Logs, Photos and Videos Generated During Drone Flights

The relationship between security and user friction remains problematic. Businesses can increase security by strengthening authentication procedures, for example, by requiring multi-factor authentication in...

Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Could Potentially be More Complex and Far Reaching Than GDPR

National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF) Releases New Insider Threat Program Maturity Framework

The Biggest Problem is Not in Measuring the Accuracy of the Cybersecurity Skills/Workforce Gap, But in Finding a Way to Close It 

Even if OT Systems Are Not Compromised, Cyberattacks Against IT Networks of Energy Suppliers Are Common

On 6 July 2018, the UK's data protection regulator (ICO) issued the first GDPR-related enforcement notice. It was delivered on Canadian firm Aggregate IQ.

Although the U.S has been engaged in cybersecurity for over a generation, "there continues to be organizational and human gaps that leave the nation...

Phishing -- from bulk spam phishing to more targeted spear-phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks -- is the number one attack vector faced...

According to new research, 98% of leading companies across the U.S. and Europe are vulnerable to cybercriminals through their web applications. While this figure...

GandCrab, one of the most prolific and aggressive ransomwares of 2018, has a new free decryptor for versions 1, 4 and 5 on the...

Recorded Future has published a series of analyses on North Korea's most senior leadership's use of the internet. As the last report of the...

ICO Fines Facebook Maximum £500,000 Over its Role in the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

The market for virtual security officers is growing. We’ve had virtual chief information security officers for a few years (vCISOs), and we can expect...