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Cybersecurity veteran Kirstjen Nielsen nominated as DHS secretary

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The U.S. President Donald Trump nominated 45-year-old Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Nielsen will...

Amid rising IT threats, energy sector prioritizes cybersecurity concerns

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Amid rising concerns over IT threats, the energy sector is taking measures to reduce the risk of cybersecurity breach. Menelaos Ioannidis, Chief Technology Officer at...

US introduces new bill to increase security of networked medical devices

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A bill called the Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act was introduced on October 5, 2017, by Republican representatives David Trott and Susan...

Poland PM to set up new cybersecurity department

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Poland Prime Minister Beata Szydło recently announced that a new department of cybersecurity will be set up in her office. Speaking at the launch of...

Malaysian armed forces seek more funds to counter cyber threats in...

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Malaysian security forces have sought more funds to counter cyber threats and counter-terrorism operations for the 2018 budget. Speaking at the Sabah state honors and...

Protecting citizens against cyber attacks as important as fighting terrorism: GCHQ...

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The United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) new director Jeremy Fleming on October 9, 2017 warned that Britain is being hit by major cyber...

Post Equifax breach, rival TransUnion ups the ante

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A month after Equifax reported a massive data breach, the credit-reporting agency TransUnion hired a full slate of new cybersecurity-focused lobbyists in Washington D.C....

Australian state Victoria appoints its first CISO

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The Andrews Labor Government in Victoria on October 9, 2017 appointed John O’Driscoll as its first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). While making the announcement,...

Deloitte hack: Iranian hackers lured firm’s employee via Facebook ‘honey trap’

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It has been revealed that Iranian hackers were behind the major data breach at Deloitte, one of the ‘big four’ accountancy firms. They pulled...

Cybersecurity continues to threaten CIOs: Survey

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An annual global survey conducted on September 3, 2017, during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Ontario revealed that issues such as cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

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