Federal Government

Public sector data breaches have been on the rise in 2016, hitting government agencies hard all across the globe. According to the latest breach figures in the US alone, 38% of breached records are attributed to government and military agencies, second only to healthcare for largest numbers of breached records. Although government agencies only account for 7% of total breaches, these breaches tend to be devastatingly large. A recent...

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity established by President Obama recently released a 90-page Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy, a report whose explicit purpose was to make recommendations that would strengthen cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors. The report makes specific and excellent recommendations to address urgent cybersecurity challenges, including the obsolescence of the “classic concept of the security perimeter” brought about by mobile...

NIST has released a draft report and guide on the security vulnerabilities associated with endpoint devices. Along with this guide, NIST has opened its draft mobile security threats catalogue for public comment.

We've explored how data breaches are skyrocketing at government agencies in the US at the federal, state and local levels. This same trend is mirrored by governments the world over.

Cybercrime in Australia has led to increasing pressure on the Australian federal government to pass mandatory data breach notification legislation.