“We need to combine AI with that human empathy,” she said during an RSA keynote. “We need both humans and technology working together.”

A discussion with panelists from the U.S. Department of Defense, Huawei, a conservative think tank, and a security researcher got heated quickly.

Informed consent of genetic data is critical, but people aren’t always clear about what they are consenting to and how that data might be used down the line.

Southwest Airlines’ Carrie Mills says CISOs want less agents, fewer point products, and more simplified security infrastructure.

“Part of the challenge that I have is taking all of these different technologies and tying them together into one consistent tapestry,” said CenturyLink CSO Chris Betz.

The U.S. government’s quantum research budget, which addresses a national security issue, is $30 million, or just 0.0006% of the federal budget.

Cisco went all-in on cloud-native security with SecureX; AT&T joined Open Cybersecurity Alliance; and Intel doubled down on on 5G, edge, data center.

The operator’s third annual survey on mobile security concluded that 43% of respondents believe their organization took unnecessary risks with mobile security in 2019.

Cisco’s 2020 CISO Benchmark Study found that 28% of security professionals say that managing a multi-vendor environment is very challenging.

The group also today made available OpenDXL Ontology, which it says is the first open source language for connecting security tools.

The products use artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline threat hunting and improve security across customers’ clouds, data centers, endpoints, and IoT devices.

The companies announced the deal a week before the annual RSA mega-cybersecurity conference kicks off in San Francisco.

This anonymized data from the operators’ security operations centers and investigations is then pooled using AT&T’s OTX platform.

Of the more than 8.5 billion records breached in 2019, 7 billion were due to misconfigurations.

GSMA, the event organizer, claims the event will still get underway in less than two weeks, but adds that it is continuing to monitor the situation and will adapt

Huawei’s lawsuit accuses the U.S. carrier of illegally using 12 of its patents in Verizon networks.

Only 17% of companies are effectively stopping cyberattacks and fixing breaches fast enough to reduce their impact.

The 2020 data privacy study shows tangible, financial benefits in being more than a minimally compliant company.

“If they hired Peter Leav they are setting up to sell,” said analyst Zeus Kerravala.

Unomaly's technology will allow users to proactively take action before network disruptions impact their bottom line.

“I think it really is time for Congress to think about whether we should do something more modern," FTC Chair Joseph Simons said.

“Beginning in the next 24 hours you will see cyberattacks manifesting as a harbinger for kinetics attacks,” said VMware Carbon Black’s Tom Kellermann.

The latest vulnerabilities are in the authentication mechanism and could allow an attacker to execute actions or privileges on a device.

Dell acquired the cybersecurity software company when it bought EMC in 2016. Since then it has beefed up its other security products and services.