New business continuity guidelines from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council paint a more detailed picture of the cybersecurity initiatives banks and credit unions will be asked about during upcoming IT examinations.
Boston Children's Hospital CIO Daniel Nigrin, M.D., describes the impact of a recent DDoS attack on the medical center and lessons that other healthcare facilities can learn from that event.
Communication is key in the wake of a cyber-attack, says Dennis Simmons of SWACHA, who explains how simulated attack drills will help banks overcome their information sharing challenges.
Federal authorities are warning banking institutions and government agencies about a wave of DDoS attacks that could strike on 9/11. Learn what steps the FBI suggests should be taken to mitigate the threat.
On average, 86 percent of web applications have at least one serious vulnerability, and each app is attacked about 4,000 times per year, says Imperva's Terry Ray. So, how must security be improved?
An ongoing lull in attacks could indicate that hacktivists' DDoS campaigns against U.S. banks are over, says Rodney Joffe of Neustar. But other experts still expect the attacks will resume.
The FDIC, in a notice to consumers, highlights questions that customers should be asking banks about DDoS attacks. But is the notice an indicator that more regulatory oversight is ahead?
Breach statistics for 2012 show DDoS attacks dramatically increased in all sectors, says Verizon's Dave Ostertag. "If your organization, company or agency has a presence on the Internet, you're a potential victim now."
Leading U.S. banks remain quiet about the DDoS attacks they've suffered. But their SEC reports shed new light on what's going on. Learn what Wells Fargo and Chase recently revealed.
Hacktivists' OpUSA distributed-denial-of-service attack against U.S. government and banking websites proved to be unsuccessful, experts say. But why was this attack a failure?
If the hacking community judges the planned OpUSA cyber-attack a success, it could spur more nefarious actors to try more vicious disruptions of U.S. websites, a Department of Homeland Security alert says.
In assessing the risk of a distributed-denial-of service attack, organizations must think beyond shoring up systems' perimeters and concentrate on analyzing cyberthreat intelligence, Booz Allen Hamilton's Sedar Labarre says.
Anonymous says its OpUSA attack planned for May 7 aims to 'wipe' government and banking websites from the Internet. Security experts say the threat is real, but are U.S. organizations taking it seriously?
The FBI warns that DDoS attacks waged against U.S. banking institutions are changing as attackers perfect their techniques, and experts say new financial targets are cropping up weekly.
Obtaining timely, accurate updates about emerging cyberthreats is challenging. The FS-ISAC is now offering briefings on the latest trends and how to address them, says Bill Nelson, president.
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