Kevin Townsend

There have been more than 59,000 personal data breaches reported to European data protection regulators in the first eight months following the enforcement of...

Pending Privacy Bills Will Have Critics and Face Lobbying From Vested Interests

The European Commission (EC) has ordered the recall of a children's smart watch: the ENOX Safe-Kid-One, manufactured in Germany. It had received a complaint...

The Problems With Passwords and MFA on Safer Internet Day

New Solution Secures Connections for IoT Devices that Lack Embedded Security

The UK data protection regulator (the Information Commissioner's Office – ICO) launched a wide-ranging investigation into the use of personal information for political purposes...

The State Bank of India is the latest large organization to leave a database full of personal information exposed and accessible on the internet.

False positives are one of the biggest problems for security controls. In malware detection they interrupt work and divert incident response away from real...

U.S. Government Announces Initiative to Disrupt Joanap Botnet Associated With North Korean Regime 

In his Time magazine article from two weeks ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook declared that people deserve privacy online. "Consumers shouldn't have to tolerate...

Mimecast, a company that focuses on email security, acquired Simply Migrate (a cloud migration specialist) for an undisclosed sum on January 29, 2019. The...

nCipher re-emerged from Thales as a separate stand-alone company manufacturing and marketing hardware security modules (HSMs) on January 7, 2019, and was officially launched...

Privacy Concerns Raised Over Facebook's Reported Plans to Merge FB Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram

Despite all indications that cybersecurity is now 'top of mind' for company boardrooms, less than 50% of companies have a CISO position with a...

(ISC)² has increased its annual membership fee (AMF) for security professionals by 47% from $85 to $125. This will include holders of the most...

Microsoft Joins Apple in Calling for Strong Privacy Legislation

Over the last few years, the supply chain has emerged as a primary attack vector for both criminal gangs and nation-state groups. Attackers are...

A new report from Check Point discusses major cyber incidents from 2018. From these data points, Check Point's analysts look for current trends in...

European NGO noyb ('none of your business') filed ten GDPR-related complaints against eight international streaming services on January 18, 2019. The complaints allege that...