A new survey found that 45 percent of cyber security professionals believe their board of directors have a major gap in their understanding of cyber risk, or simply don't understand the risk at all.
 

By 2020, there will be 50 billion Internet-connected devices in use, and each one will provide an entry point for hackers.

With acceptance of mobile and other new forms of payments expected to double in the next two years, a new global study shows a critical need for organizations to improve their payment data security practices.
 

Password management company SplashData released its annual round-up of the worst passwords of 2015.
 

Nearly a quarter of companies (24.6%) say they would be willing to pay hackers a ransom to prevent a cyberattack, a new survey finds.
 

A recent survey by Rapid 7 found that security professionals are struggling to detect and investigate incidents because the monitoring solutions available do not provide visibility into today’s modern IT environments and cannot give users the insight they need to make decisions quickly.
 

The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate students for its Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative. 

Actionable Intelligence Forms a Life Raft for Cybersecurity Efforts