A soon-coming world that's almost entirely digitized and connected will expose companies to vast new cybersecurity risks.
Among the various threats to corporate well-being, one — the vulnerability of sensitive data — stands out from the crowd.
CFOs and risk managers need to know that cyber underwriters are using "security scores" to assess their clients' risks.
Companies sustained more than 1,000 data breaches in 2016, an increase of 40% over 2015 data.
But the largest source of data breaches was still 'miscellaneous errors,' including improper disposal of company information and misconfigured systems.
Hacking incidents accounted for 37.9% of the 781 data breaches reported by organizations last year.
New generation of tools for assessing companies' "cyber hygiene" may lower the risk of data breaches.
The settlement may serve as a template for future enforcement actions against companies over "unreasonable data security."
It only takes one employee clicking on the wrong link to give away the keys to the kingdom.
Here are some practical ways to improve providers' data-security efforts.
You don't have to know the technical details, but it's important to grasp big-picture issues so you can discuss them with key stakeholders.
Bipartisan support for the idea within the commission may mirror the same in Congress, an FTC official says.
