To prevent data breaches, practice these two fundamentals: shift left (perform application security testing early and often in your SDLC), and always patch.
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The AMCA breach hammers home the need for supply chain security. Here’s how to vet your vendors so you can keep from becoming the next Quest or LabCorp.
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An attack path is a series of threat actions leading to a successful data breach. The Verizon 2019 DBIR (Data Breach Investigations Report) offers insights.
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The GDPR fines issued so far have been small, but breach notifications are up. As GDPR continues to ramp up, it seems likely to achieve its goals of privacy.
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The Anthem data breach in 2014–2015 was the largest healthcare data breach ever. But healthcare cyber security has improved since then.
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Patching issues fast is a step toward software security. But as the Click2Gov breaches show, zero-day vulnerabilities resist even the most persistent patchers.
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The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has more than a few things to say about responsible enterprise application security.
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Taylor Armerding, Synopsys Software Integrity Group senior strategist, gives you the scoop on application security and insecurity in this week’s Security Mashup. What’s in this week’s Security Mashup, you ask? Cook calls for digital privacy laws, user data exposed in the Wife Lovers hack, and just another Windows zero-day. Watch this week’s episode here:
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had to use variations of the word “serious” a lot over the past year—most notoriously regarding the social media giant’s sale of member data to Cambridge Analytica, which was viewed as affecting the 2016 presidential election.
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Taylor Armerding, Synopsys Software Integrity Group senior strategist, gives you the scoop on application security and insecurity in this week’s Security Mashup. What’s in this week’s Security Mashup, you ask? Porous payment portals lead to government data breaches, Magecart pwns Newegg, and the Mirai creators trade in their black hats for white ones. Watch this week’s episode here:
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