Kevin Townsend

Okta Unveils Adaptive Single Sign-On and Enhanced Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication Products

Agari, a firm that offers protection against email-borne threats, has spent the last 10 months analyzing the targets, tactics and identities of 10 separate...

CISO Survey Shows the Importance of Threat Hunting in the Finance Sector

Aachen, Germany-based firm Utimaco will acquire the Atalla hardware security module (HSM) and enterprise secure key manager (ESKM) lines from UK-based Micro Focus. 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week published its long-delayed Cybersecurity Strategy. It had been mandated by Congress to deliver a strategy...

Net neutrality in the U.S. is a bi-partisan issue being fought in a very partisan manner. It was introduced in the Democrat Obama-years, and...

The accelerating digitization of business, driven by compelling commercial arguments, is driving the integration of new information technology (IT) networks with older operational technology...

All is not well in the app ecosphere. That ecosphere comprises a large number of useful apps that benefit users, and an unknown number...

The UK's Information Commissioners Office (ICO -- the data protection regulator) has published detailed guidance (PDF) on 'consent' within the General Data Protection Regulation. Since...

While the Gender Bias in Professions Remains Strong, There Are Indications That Factors Beyond Genuine Aptitude Are at Play

Serverless application security firm Protego Labs announced Wednesday that it has raised $2 million seed funding from a group of investors led by Ron...

Telegram Channels Offer Great Anonymity and Are Being Increasingly Used by Cybercriminals

Facebook's Web Traffic Monitoring is Second Only to Google

2017 was a landmark year for ransomware, with WannaCry and NotPetya grabbing headlines around the world. Ransomware attacks grew by more than 400% over...

Cybersecurity Marketing Teams Would Benefit From an Ethics Desk

[Updated] The UK's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has become the first government agency to join Secure Chorus, a not-for-profit private company limited by...

Endpoint Protection is Barely Keeping Pace With Endpoint Attacks

The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, or CLOUD Act, was enacted into U.S. federal law on March 23, 2018. It had been...