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Server wasn’t patched (yada, yada, yada), all your data has been stolen
Server Wasn’t Patched (yada, Yada, Yada), All Your Data Has Been Stolen

The failure to patch a server as a cause of a breach only tells a small part of the story. Protecting personal and confidential information is not as simple as keeping patches…

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Reducing Scope for PCI DSS
Ian Hermon
Reducing Scope For PCI DSS

Merchants, banks, and other parties that play a role in processing credit and debit card payments must protect the privacy of account data—both to meet core business goals and…

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month: What Cyber Security Looks Like for Businesses on a Day-to-Day Level
National Cyber Security Awareness Month: What Cyber Security Looks Like For Businesses On A Day-to-Day Level

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, but with the constant drum beat of headline-grabbing data breaches, I could argue at this point that every month is National…

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Technology foresight is rarely 20/20
Technology Foresight Is Rarely 20/20

You would be hard-pressed these days to find someone willing to disagree with Marc Andreesen’s oft-cited decree that software is eating the world, but it’s an open question as…

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Federal Government CISOs Talk Data Security (Part 1)
Brent Hansen
Federal Government CISOs Talk Data Security (Part 1)

Earlier in September, I had the privilege of joining federal government CISOs and CIOs for a Thales eSecurity-organized roundtable breakfast discussion focused on trends and…

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Shining The Spotlight On French Encryption Trends

At the beginning of the year, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced France was hit by around 24,000 cyber-attacks in 2016, with the country’s biggest bank, BNP Paribas…

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