Breach

"It leaves us all in a place of really unprecedented uncertainty," said Hilary Wandall, associate vice president, compliance and chief privacy officer of Merck, speaking at SC Congress NY 2015 on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

A new report found that nearly three-quarters of industry professionals believe there is a medium or high likelihood of their organization being hacked as a result of the interconnectivity of Internet of Things.

Malware was identified on the payment card system at The Commons Hotel, and payment card data may have been compromised.

Shots from around SC Congress New York 2015. The day-long event, held on October 20 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan, featured 32 speakers, 350 guests and 32 exhibitors/sponsors.

Is the idea of putting a cash bounty on hackers an effective way to disrupt or stop DDoS attacks, or a vigilante action that takes time and money from the business of protecting networks?

Police are investigating a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" on TalkTalk as it emerges that the data may not have been encrypted and the site used a SHA-1 signed security certificate.

Designating employees - in departments like HR and marketing- as privacy ambassadors can help organizations better safeguard sensitive information, a chief security officer from a large food company.

Encryption is complicated and "pretty misunderstood," Miller Newton, president and CEO at PKWare, told SCMagazine.com Monday at a National Cyber Security Association conference held at Nasdaq.