Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Up to 40 percent of enterprises in Poland do not have an emergency plan for cyber attacks, according to research by Intel in the Central and East-European countries Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary, carried out among 250 IT The…
90 Percent of Websites Leak User Data to Third Parties: Study
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Internet users’ being tracked by particular websites is not a recent development and has been reported by several studies. However, a new study tries to show the magnitude of user data tracking by some popular websites. It further claims that not…
86 percent of websites at risk from hackers, says WhiteHat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Even though software bugs such as Heartbleed and Shellshock exposed weaknesses in hundreds of thousands of company websites, many are still vulnerable to being hacked. Data from a recent study by WhiteHat Security which examined the vulnerabilities of more than 30,000…
Hacker Attacks on Healthcare Providers Jump 600 Percent
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The recent data breach at Community Health Systems, in which Chinese hackers stole the personal information of 4.3 million patients, was another sign of a disturbing trend that security researchers at Websense have been observing for months: Healthcare providers are […]…
90 Percent of the Information Intercepted by NSA Belongs to Ordinary Internet Users
If anybody says that NSA is watching you, nobody surprises. But, a large scale investigation published by Washington Post indicates that the scope of surveillance carried out by US National Security Agency was massive even than the expectation of you and me. Just because you are an ordinary person doesn’t…
Toshiba wide angle IP surveillance cameras offer 20 percent more viewing area
Top Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Irvine, CA-based Toshiba America Information Systems (TAIS) has introduced two new full HDTV mini-dome IP cameras featuring 110° horizontal viewing angles to capture up to 20 percent more area than cameras equipped with standard 93° angle lenses, resulting in the need for fewer IP cameras to…
America’s Incarceration Nation Roughly 40 percent of the…
America’s Incarceration Nation Roughly 40 percent of the incarcerated population is of African descent, another 20 percent is of Hispanic descent, and the remaining 40 percent are Caucasian or mixed. For the average American, this means that one’s odds of spending time in Incarceration Nation depend greatly on gender and…
Tripwire Survey: Only 11 Percent of Federal IT Professionals Have Implemented the Top 20 Critical Security Controls
Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, today announced the results of a survey on security technology trends in the federal government. The survey was conducted by Dimensional Research from September 26 through October 4, 2013, and evaluated the attitudes of 110 federal information technology…
About 82 percent of applications for deferred action by ‘Dreamers’ are okayed by DHS
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: border_security Since it was established last June, the Obama administration’s “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” policy — which seeks to allow youthful immigrants to defer any possibility of being deported for at least two years – has received applications from about 580,000 youthful individuals and…
Obama hasn’t OK’d 100 percent federal reimbursement for all Sandy-related costs, says FEMA’s Fugate
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Craig Fugate During a press conference on Nov. 2 in which he outlined a wide variety of assistance FEMA is providing to areas hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, the agency’s administrator, Craig Fugate, explained that President Obama has thus far authorized 100…
