Somewhat lost in the COVID-19 pandemic and remote workforce issues: 5G technology deployment. Olivera Zatezalo, CSO of Huawei Technologies Canada, discusses cybersecurity and privacy challenges - and Huawei's role in addressing them.
Apple and Google have promised to help facilitate contact-tracing apps, but they've rejected calls to give users' location data to governments, as the U.K., France and some U.S. states are demanding. In response, Germany is among those now backing a privacy-preserving, decentralized model.
Some fraudsters have pivoted from using the COVID-19 pandemic as a phishing lure to creating messages and malicious domains designed to capitalize on various U.S. economic stimulus programs.
As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, consumers have changed the way they pay for goods and services. Trevor Forbes of The Strawhecker Group shares the results of a new survey that spotlights the latest trends. And he discusses the implications for fighting fraud.
Less than 24 hours after the Australian government released its COVID-19 contact-tracing app Sunday, nearly 2 million people had downloaded it. As security and privacy experts review the app, one outstanding question is if the public will trust it enough to reach the public health target of 10 million users.
This informational webinar will outline 4 actions you can take today to keep employees secure and productive during these challenging times, with tips straight from your identity and access management peers.
As politicians and protesters argue about the merits and timing of emerging from COVID-19 quarantine, crisis management expert Regina Phelps lays out a 10-step re-entry plan. Her word of counsel: "Caution."
The World Health Organization, which has been at the forefront of the global COVID-19 pandemic since the start of the year, has witnessed a "dramatic" increase in the number of cyberattacks since the crisis began, according to the organization's CIO.
Hackers with suspected ties to Vietnam's government targeted several Chinese agencies in an attempt to gather intelligence about the country's response to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to security firm FireEye. Vietnam denies it engaged in cyber espionage.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Britain's privacy watchdog has signaled that although privacy rights and transparency - as enshrined under GDPR - remain paramount, it will take a more "flexible" regulatory approach. But this is no data breach "get out of jail" card, legal experts warn.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the privacy issues raised by COVID-19 contact-tracing apps. Also featured: An update on efforts to fight fraud tied to economic stimulus payments; John Kindervag on the origins of "zero trust."
U.S. and U.K. law enforcement officials have shut down hundreds of suspicious domains with COVID-19 names and themes that have been used to support criminal efforts to steal credentials, spread malware and spoof government sites and programs.
The global pandemic has revealed a lot about the extended remote workforce and its haves and have-nots, says Mike Kiser of SailPoint Technologies. In a preview of an upcoming virtual roundtable, he describes the cybersecurity forces shaping the new post-crisis workforce.
Many governments are pursuing contact-tracing apps to combat COVID-19, but such projects risk subjecting populations to invasive, long-term surveillance - as well as insufficient adoption - unless they take an open, transparent and as decentralized approach, says cybersecurity expert Alan Woodward.
The U.S. Small Business Administration says a flaw in an online application portal may have exposed the personal data - including Social Security numbers - of approximately 8,000 loan applicants seeking help coping with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to news reports.
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