As information has become electronic, the encryption of that information has become imperative. And with the news Tuesday (Aug. 13) that, after an eight-year-long process, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand...
Behind every business is a group of individual employees. And, in most cases — and for most firms — those individuals use their work, or even personal, email accounts to conduct business. That one fact alone makes them a prime target for bad actors and...
Data breaches can have far-reaching impacts on operations, finances and reputations. And the impact and frequency of data breaches are only increasing as bad actors seek out new vulnerabilities in organizational infrastructures, exploiting weaknesses to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. Just look at the...
Advances in technology have a track record of productively transforming society. Many technological innovations, from the sewing machine to the automobile and the elevator, have flourished under industry standard-setting and governmental oversight designed with ethical guidelines, transparency and responsible deployment in mind. Frequently, however, these...
September 30, 2019
Cyberthreats are increasing, and are playing out on a global stage. Credit cards are at risk, of course, but so are smart grids, oil pipelines and, well, pretty much everything. Samuel S. Visner, director of National Cybersecurity FFRDC, tells Karen Webster that nation-states are emerging threats, but FIs and others can wage effective battle against cyberattacks. Here’s how.
August 10, 2017
Fraud is constantly evolving, so why shouldn’t digital identity protection? The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently updated its Digital Identity Guidelines, to include authentication — and the scope...
August 29, 2024
Block is working with the U.S. government to promote the use of digital identity tools. The FinTech conglomerate announced Thursday (Aug. 29) that it was working with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a division of the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to identify standards for mobile driver’s licenses, or […]
February 08, 2024
Editor’s note: This story has been updated: Amazon and Mastercard are among dozens of members of a new government artificial intelligence (AI) safety initiative. The tech giant and the payments...
August 09, 2017
Your clever password, dotted with capital letters, numbers and symbols isn’t so clever after all. The man who wrote the book on crafting uncrackable passwords now tells the Wall Street...
August 12, 2016
The FAIR Institute, a nonprofit aimed at developing standard information risk management practices, announced on Thursday (Aug. 11) it teamed up with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to...
