Month: February 2014

Target Corp.’s TGT -0.66% computer security staff raised concerns about vulnerabilities in the retailer’s payment card system at least two months before hackers stole 40 million credit and debit card numbers from its servers, people familiar with the matter said. Members of Target’s computer-security staff raised concerns about vulnerabilities in the retailer’s payment-card system before…

The U.S. government, finally realizing that it has to take action to ensure a minimum level of cybersecurity in networks that manage the nation’s energy, water and financial services, presented the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Security on Wednesday. The document, which was put together by industry and government experts, is a compilation of cybersecurity standards…

When I discuss the insider threat with folks in the community, there seems to be several schools of thought. For example, some will apply a much lower risk to the insider threat, treating it as a one-off chance that an employee gets mad and does something bad out of spite. While this is a possibility,…