After updating your password for the umpteenth time, have you resorted to using one you know you’ll remember because you’ve used it before? Have you ever given up on an online purchase because you just didn’t feel like creating a new account? If you have done any of those things, it might be the result…

Here’s what it takes to protect our data, identities and money. Judging by the defeatist stance of the security industry in reaction to high profile breaches of just about everything and everyone, and the billions lost every year by banks, credit card companies and brokerages, you might think that this whole cybersecurity thing is way…

In our digital age there is extraordinary technology that improves our lives, increases our productivity and makes it easy to access information on just about anything. But there’s also a serious risk for cybercriminals to leverage our dependence on technology for financial gain. Earlier this year, I read a frightening article in Forbes in which…

Small businesses would get more information from the government about internet security under a bill that has passed the U.S. House. The Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016, which now goes to the Senate, calls on the Small Business Administration and Department of Homeland Security to create a strategy to increase business owners’…

Department of Homeland Security officials may not expect malicious hackers to sway November’s election, but the agency is offering more protections to help states secure voting systems. After this summer’s Democratic National Committee breach, and a recent FBI warning of digital tampering with state election boards, Homeland Security has stepped up efforts bolster cybersecurity at the polls…

You knew this was coming. After a steady series of hacking debacles, regulators are stepping in and ordering companies to tighten up. Soon companies in the financial sector — banks, brokerages, and insurance firms — will have to comply with cybersecurity rules that include encrypting sensitive information and appointing a security chief. The rules come from…

Recent research conducted by IBM among global boardroom and C-suite executives in 28 countries found that better cybersecurity is among their top technology priorities. But while CMOs “are key drivers of digital-based growth for most organizations, many are not in the habit of working with the CIO, and are certainly not in the habit of working…

All too often companies misunderstand the value of their cybersecurity teams and underfund their development. At the same time, many of these teams struggle to communicate to leaders the importance of having a well-funded security program. These struggles can lead to serious gaps between the resources allocated to security and the actual support needed to properly…

The National Institute for Science and Technology has published a draft questionnaire that companies and other organizations can use to assess their cybersecurity “maturity” — a response, NIST says, to demand from the private sector. Boosters say the document will help specialists explain the importance of cybersecurity to the company’s bottom line — the “holy grail” of business cybersecurity. But some critics…