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In a prior article, we analyzed Articles 1 through 4 of the California Attorney General’s proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regulations. This article discusses Article 5 (Special Rules Regarding Minors) and Article 6 (Non-Discrimination). The CCPA went into effect on January 1, 2020, which means that businesses should, at a minimum, be updating their online privacy policies and accepting and responding to consumer requests. 

Put 2019 in the record books — for cybercrime, that is. 

Malicious insiders pose an existential threat to any organization. Technical countermeasures only address part of the problem and are increasingly expensive. What are some new approaches to efficient and effective insider threat detection?

Late last year, it was announced that the major aluminum manufacturing firm, Norsk Hydro AS, received a $3.6 million cyberinsurance payout – the first around highly publicized, extensive cyber breach of March 2019. The large ransomware attack struck the company’s U.S. facilities – before spreading throughout the company, resulting in millions of dollars lost – destabilizing Norsk Hydro’s operations until the summer months. The payout covered merely six percent of the multi-million-dollar costs created by the incident and its aftermath. 

What are the challenges that the team at the North Greenville University Office of Campus Security faced when implementing its K-9 program?

What is the point of spending time, resources and money on your security program if you can't tell whether it's working or not? It's just as important to establish the right metrics for a security program as it is to have such a program in the first place.

2020 heralds a few major shifts that will transform cybersecurity: ransomware attacks, artificial intelligence, facial recognition and mobile cybersecurity.