Cyber

Locked Shields 2017 — organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Ex-cellence in Tallinn, Estonia, and taking place April 24-28 — allows participants from 25 countries to test their technical execution skills in a battle to defense the systems and net-works of a virtualized military air base.

Federal prosecutors want the Russian man convicted of hacking into U.S. businesses to steal credit card data to be sentenced to 30 years in prison and ordered to pay $170 million in restitution.

Information technology security organization (ISC)2 has identified nine areas it feels the Trump administration must address to advance a policy that builds the critical federal cybersecurity workforce.

In cyber, the constant is the human. When we look at solutions, we have to look at enabling them to address the evolution of human’s role in our technology systems. And we must address the talent gap to ensure the security of data on the systems of tomorrow.

Many senior bank executives are confident about their cybersecurity strategy, yet a lack of comprehensive, practical testing is leaving gaps in their defense, according to a new report from Accenture.

Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Saturday, tamping down fears that the digital arsenal was poised to wreak havoc across the internet.

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Facebook says it has targeted 30,000 fake accounts linked to France ahead of the country’s presidential election, as part of a worldwide effort against misinformation.

The Information Sharing and Analysis Organization Standards Organization, with support from the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will host the inaugural International Information Sharing Conference to be held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

While some organizations may struggle to separate the overlap, and understand which guidance/framework/regulation to follow first, it’s important these documents are dynamic.