More than 30 firms including BT, Intel, Vodafone, and Broadcom have taken up the initiative to respond to rising concerns over security through the creation of The Internet of Things Security Foundation.
 

A new study from Ponemon Institute says that 75 percent of U.S. organizations are not prepared to respond to cyberattacks.
 

Times Square in New York City presents the most threat to tourists using a mobile device, according to a Skycure report.
 

To battle cyber threats, the utility industry and government intelligence agencies must act in unison to stay one step ahead.

You cannot prove your enterprise has not been hacked, but there are methods to mitigate your risk of an undetected breach.

A recent survey found that password-based authentication is no longer capable of meeting the demands of modern information security, and that 84% of respondents would support eliminating passwords all together.
 

When asked seven questions related to cybersecurity during an AARP survey, 45 percent of respondents (aged 18 and older) failed the quiz, answering just four or fewer questions correctly.

Cybersecurity continues to climb the list of concerns for business leaders, along with executives’ concerns over medical cost inflation, legal liability, attracting and retaining talent, compliance and apprehension over economic uncertainty.

This is the second in a recurring series that explores the cybersecurity principles and best practices found within the National Institute of Standards & Technology Cybersecurity Framework. You may recall from last month’s column that NIST organizes cybersecurity risk management into five high-level functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover.