The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been a game changer for data privacy, and U.S. companies are beginning to catch up to the EU in data management practices. However, privacy is only one area in which U.S. organizations are falling behind their European counterparts. To promote compliance with data…

Despite frequent news headlines describing large-scale data breaches around the globe, chief information security officers (CISOs) still struggle to justify security investments to top leadership. According to Gartner, security spending makes up only about 5.6 percent of overall IT funds. Whatever security budget is ultimately approved by enterprise leadership, it’s…

Just as the field of cybersecurity grew out of information technology, cybersecurity education is evolving as an offshoot of the computer science field. The current state of cybersecurity course offerings as an underdeveloped computer science footnote is allowing the skills gap to grow. To change this, higher education has to…

If we’ve learned anything this year, it’s that mobile malware, malvertising and phishing attacks are growing. Organizations of all sizes and industries are at risk, and IT and security leaders responsible for managing endpoints and mobile security are well aware that their organizations’ data, customer privacy and brand reputation —…