Court Sides with Insurer: Credit Card Data isn’t Lost Property

A court in Alabama threw out a suit brought by a breached grocery store chain, saying that stolen credit card data doesn’t count as “damaged property.”

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The Good, the Bad, and the Cyber

As what is sure to be one of the more contentious presidential elections in recent memory approaches, The Cyber has become one of the dominant talking points for both candidates. Unfortunately, neither candidate seems to have a clear understanding of the basics of information security or a concrete plan for how to address the many security issues facing both consumers and businesses in the United States.

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Sign Up with the Usual Suspects: Consumer Breach Response is Broken and How to Fix It

The scourge of data breaches and identity theft is more than a decade old. But our tools for dealing with these common incidents are outdated and ineffective. Why?

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Less Than Zero (Trust): Learning the Lessons of OPM and WADA

A House Oversight Report Suggests the Zero Trust Model for Government Networks. What does that mean? And will it work?

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Down Under, Lawmakers Ponder Pain and Suffering from Breaches

Should businesses be liable for the pain and suffering experienced by customers as the result of a data breach? Lawmakers in Australia say “yes.”

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The Government is Here to Help You With Passwords and Authentication

Most people don’t pay a lot of attention to government technical guidance and regulations, which is completely understandable. They’re government regulations, after all. But sometimes, buried deep inside these dense bureaucratic reports, there is some guidance of actual value, and the new authentication guidelines from NIST is one of those rare documents.

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Obama Details Federal Cyber Attack Response Plan

Yesterday saw the release of a new Presidential Policy Directive for government cyber attack response. Read on for more about this milestone in federal cybersecurity policy.

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Will SCOTUS Spokeo Ruling Deny Justice To Data Breach Victims?

The suit against professional tracking service Spokeo didn’t involve a data breach, but the ruling this month by the Supreme Court in Spokeo’s favor could have big implications for breached firms and their customers.

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New Law Puts Federal Muscle Behind Trade Secret Protections

In a rare act of bipartisanship, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act last week, closing a gaping legal loophole that made it hard for companies to pursue thefts of trade secrets.

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Data Theft and DDT: Courts Increasingly Back ‘Future Risk’ from Data Breaches

Courts in the U.S. are increasingly accepting the risk of imminent and future injuries to consumers resulting from data theft as enough to give them standing in court cases and class action suits.

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