Chancellor will raise government’s stake to £1.9 billion by 2020
OIG: Department of Justice Facing Cyber Skills Crisis
FBI failed to find nearly half of the computer scientists it was sanctioned to hire.
TruSTAR Nabs $2M in Seed Money for Anonymized Threat-Sharing
“Connective defense technology” correlates incident data from its members, enabling companies to rapidly exchange information anonymously.
75% of Companies Are Insider Threat Victims
The largest single cause of confidential data loss is due to employees (42%).
Google Preps New Service after Global Email Encryption Warning
Security is improving, but messages are still sent in plain text.
Key Positive Enterprise Trends Emerge in Cybersecurity
Adoption of security frameworks, the use of Big Data analytics, more buy-in from execs and threat-intel partnering are all positive developments for 2016.
Java Library Flaw Affects Thousands of Applications
The flaw is worse than Heartbleed and harder to fix.
InstaAgent Pulled After Stealing User Names and Passwords
Popular app deemed a security risk by Google and Apple.
Former Council Worker Aces SANS Cyber Academy Exams
Ross Bradley processed parking fines for 15 years before changing careers.