Stephen Cobb

The Target security breach and the Snowden revelations about NSA surveillance have raised awareness of data privacy to new levels, making Data Privacy Day more relevant than ever in 2014. And yes, Data Privacy Day is a real thing, observed on January 28.

Have you been wondering what trends in security and privacy ESET researchers are predicting for 2014? The following is a sampling, a year-end snack plate if you will, featuring predictions from Aryeh Goretsky, Righard Zwienenberg, David Harley, Cameron Camp, Lysa Myers, and more.

Information security policy can make a big difference for small business. Here we offer advice, resources, and a free recorded webinar on the subject to help your small firm beat the bad guys, and the competition.

A look back at malware failures, malicious code that did not work out as well as the folks behind it had hoped. Can malware spread to quickly for its own good? Can malware authors ever test their wares well enough to work perfectly?

Who is responsible for privacy and online safety on social networks? ESET asked Harris Interactive to poll American adults and found some interesting responses, positive advances in cyber-citizenship, but also some apparent disconnects.

News of the NSA's mass electronic surveillance is having a negative impact on consumer sentiment toward online technology and tech companies, according to recent survey that suggests it could hurt GDP and corporate profits.

In light of the Snowden/NSA revelations of mass surveillance, 77% of American adults say it is not okay for the government secretly to monitor all of their communications. And some of us are changing how we use the Internet as a result.

The newly published Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework from NIST, part of the federal effort to help critical infrastructure owners and operators reduce cybersecurity risks, is now available for review, with some interesting new language and a final workshop scheduled for November.

Are legislation and regulation a viable means of making people and organizations do better at securing data systems and devices? I'm not talking about FIAT the car maker, but fiat: "an official order given by someone who has power." How's that working in light of NIST CSF and HIPAA?