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Officials Say Bipartisan Deal on Cybersecurity Possible

Senior Obama administration officials and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators agreed on Wednesday to push for cybersecurity legislation as quickly as possible, the White House said Thursday. White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said the officials went to Capitol Hill …

Cyber Threats to Expect in Coming Year

The year ahead will feature new and sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, as well as escalating battles over the control of online information that threaten to compromise content and erode public trust and privacy. Those are the …

1 in 3 in Massachusetts Hit by Data Breaches

The Massachusetts attorney general’s office said the personal information of about two million Massachusetts residents, or about one out of every three people who live in the state, has been compromised through electronic data breaches in the past 20 months. …

Firms Shift Cybersecurity Responsibility to Frontline Employees

If your company gets hacked, it may very well be your fault, and if your bank account gets broken into by digital thieves, you might be to blame too. The question, though, is whether you’ll ever actually be punished for …

Stigma Keeps Many Firms From Reporting Cyber Attacks

Wary of alarming customers, many firms never report the kind of cyber attacks suffered by Sony, Google and others — and as long as the stigma holds, tackling the growing problem may prove impossible. Data theft is a menace that …

Lockton Warns Europe Organizations are on ‘Borrowed Time’ for Data Breaches

A new white paper from international brokers Lockton – Exposed in Europe, Data Breaches and Their Impact in a Changing Legal and Regulatory Environment – warns European organizations that “prefer not to notify data breaches are living on borrowed time.” …