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Cybersecurity

General view of the Microsoft store on Fifth Avenue on July 19, 2024 in New York City. Businesses and transport worldwide were affected by a global technology outage that was attributed to a software update issued by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm whose software is used by many industries around the world. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Microsoft’s security culture reboot includes cyber governance council, all-staff trainings

The tech giant launched its Secure Future Initiative after a string of major security breakdowns.
Jen Easterly, director of the Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies before the House (Select) Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Easterly: Cybersecurity is a software quality problem 

The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants to see major changes in how companies develop software.
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Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rohit Chopra delivers remarks on relieving medical debt during an event in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds / AFP)

CFPB’s proposed data rules would improve security, privacy and competition

By giving the public greater control over their banking data, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal would deal a blow to data brokers.
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