The rapid digitization of consumers’ lives and enterprise records will increase the cost of data breaches to $2.1 trillion globally by 2019, increasing to almost four times the estimated cost of breaches in 2015. 

 A new state commission will focus on maintaining security of computer systems and data — cybersecurity — for Rhode Island government operations, as well as growing the cybersecurity industry in the state. 

Organizations that have suffered a ransomware attack before are more likely to pay up again, and keep mum about it too, according to a ThreatTrack study.

This month’s column takes over where we left off in April, bringing to a close our Top 10 list of widely held cybersecurity myths. This month’s list should prove no less provocative.

The European Rail Traffic Management System that is being rolled out in the UK might be an easy target for cyber criminals.

DHS is finalizing plans to open a "satellite office" in Silicon Valley that will work with tech companies to improve cyber security and recruit people to work for the government.

In an open letter to Barack Obama the National Retail Federation said it outlines achievable solutions that industry must work toward to better protect customers, empower its retail members and effectively safeguard America’s cyberspace against criminal hackers.