The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity center has issued two special publications to help identify, detect and respond to data breaches. The documents released Friday by the National Cybersecurity Center
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity center is requesting public feedback on two draft guidelines for identifying, preventing and recovering from confidential data breaches. NIST announced that its National Cybersecurity
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s cybersecurity advisory panel submitted more than 100 recommendations to CISA Director Jen Easterly to strengthen U.S. defense against online threats, Cyberscoop reported Wednesday. The recommendations were
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The Federal Communications Commission is looking to bolster its regulations on how promptly telecommunication carriers notify consumers about data breaches as it seeks to align rules with federal and state data breach laws
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Defense assign responsibility for ensuring cyber incident reporting and document when individuals affected by a breach of personally identifiable information were notified.
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The FBI has issued a report stating that its Internet Crime Complaint Center received 847,376 complaints of alleged online crimes in 2021, up 7 percent from the previous year. The 2021 Internet
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Jessica Rosenworcel, chairwoman of the Federal Telecommunications Commission, has circulated a notice of proposed changes to how telecommunications carriers report customer proprietary network information breaches to their clients. The proposal aims to
MoreThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a set of procedures organizations can follow when facing ransomware, a form of malware that blocks user access to a system until money is
MoreTonya Ugoretz, deputy assistant director at the FBI, said a potential data breach notification law should minimize the burden on companies and should be easy to follow. She said such a measure
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Russell George, inspector general for tax administration at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), informed House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell and ranking member Mike Kelly of the steps the
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