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From the standpoint of risk analysis, recency bias—that is, an overwhelming focus on events that have happened most recently—is one of the most nefarious psychological blinders.

The United States Senate passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to bolster cybersecurity in the public and private sector. 

How is Mary Ludford, Vice President and Deputy Chief Security Officer for the Corporate and Information Security Services business unit at Exelon Corporation, mitigating and managing risk on a daily basis?

Several state agencies, boards, commissions and universities are allegedly failing to adhere to state cybersecurity laws, leaving Mississippians’ personal data vulnerable to hackers.

The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP) and the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) are promoting cybersecurity best practices throughout October alongside a coalition of private businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and academic institutions.

 

Google launched a new service called Password Checkup that will check a user's saved passwords if they've been leaked and compromised in breaches.

Meet the Department of Homeland Security's newest agency - the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - that will serve as the pinnacle for national risk management for cyber and physical infrastructure.

New research from Michigan State University and Johns Hopkins University uncovers specific data leaked through hospital breaches.

Eighty-six percent of respondents in a survey are confident or very confident they have no gaps in their security controls deployed across devices, applications, people and data, in a Forrester Consulting Study. 

The cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to more than $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%, says a new report from Juniper Research.