Cyber Security

Given the confluence of several factors including the near-unquenchable thirst for mobile connectivity, social media and the Cloud along with the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend, one of the growing pain points that we all face is cyber attacks.

A new study shows senior managers account for some of the greatest security risks because they are prone to take work, and thus security vulnerabilities, home with them.

Tech industry leaders including Alphabet's Google, Facebook, Microsoft, AT&T and more than two dozen other Internet and technology companies filed legal briefs on Thursday asking a judge to support Apple n its encryption battle with the U.S. government.

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey told Congress on Tuesday that he understands the outcome of the San Bernardino iPhone encryption case will set a precedent for other cases.

FireEye President Kevin Mandia said the ongoing Apple-FBI encryption battle isn’t going to be easy to solve.

Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be "bad for America," and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans.

BlackBerry has acquired U.K.-based cyber security consultancy Encription, moving the company deeper into the services business.

Apple, fighting a demand by the U.S. government that it unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, has called for the creation of a government commission or panel of experts to discuss the implications of the demand.

Apple will likely seek to invoke the United States' protections of free speech as one of its key legal arguments in trying to block an order to help unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, lawyers with expertise in the subject said this week.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Target (NYSE:TGT), Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Anthem (NYSE:ANTM) are just a few names of major corporations that have been hacked in recent years.