Latest Cyber Headlines

All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.

U.S. Needs Federal Data Security Law Now, Says Cybersecurity Group

Dec 15 2006 // A coalition of data security firms has renewed its call for Congress to protect personal information in cyberspace and help Americans trying to deal witht he risk on their own. The businesses warn that the decline in...

Darwin Expands Data Security Coverage for Health Care Firms

Dec 14 2006 // Specialty insurance underwriter Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc., is expanding its Tech//404 liability product for health care organizations in response to increasing exposure to network security and data privacy...

Island Is First Municipality in S.C. to Adopt Data Security Plan

Dec 3 2006 // If a hurricane strikes or other disaster hits South Carolina, the Isle of Palms has assured its computer data will be safe and easily recovered, officials say. The barrier island is the first municipality in the state to...

Kentucky Public Health Team Monitoring Riverboat Flu

Oct 25 2006 // Officials in Kentucky were running tests Monday to try to determine what caused at least 36 people to complain of flu-like symptoms while traveling down the Ohio River on the Mississippi Queen. Dr. William Hacker,...

Cyber storms

Aug 7 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate–such as the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft–the public is losing confidence in the digital...

Is the U.S. prepared for a cyber catastrophe? Business executives say, ‘no’

Aug 7 2006 // Testifying before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee, Karl Brondell of State Farm Insurance Companies warned that the U.S. is not adequately prepared for a cyber catastrophe. The insurance...

Editor’s Note: Cyber storms

Aug 7 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate—such as the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft—the public is losing confidence in the digital...

Is the U.S. prepared for a cyber catastrophe? Business executives say, ‘no’

Aug 7 2006 // News Currents Testifying before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee, Karl Brondell of State Farm Insurance Companies warned that the U.S. is not adequately prepared for a cyber catastrophe. The...

Is U.S. Prepared for a Cyber Catastrophe? Businesses Say, ‘No’

Jul 28 2006 // Testifying before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee, Karl Brondell of State Farm Insurance Companies warned that the U.S. is not adequately prepared for a cyber catastrophe. The insurance...

Safety Experts Question Effectiveness of Popular Smoke Alarms

Jul 24 2006 // When a jury this spring concluded a smoke alarm failed in a fatal upstate New York house fire, safety experts were already questioning whether popular models meet the threat posed by fast-burning synthetic materials now...

Editor’s Note: Cyber storms

Jul 3 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...

Lack of confidence in cyber security has economic, political effects

Jun 19 2006 // Americans share a lack of confidence in the Internet that could have political consequences. In addition, the lack of action by government to boost security of the digital infrastructure is manifesting itself in economic...

Editor’s Note: Cyber storms

Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...

Editor’s Note: Cyber storms

Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...

Survey: Lack of Confidence in Cyber Security Has Economic, Political Effects

Jun 7 2006 // Americans share a lack of confidence in the Internet that could have political consequences. In addition, the lack of action by government to boost security of the digital infrastructure is manifesting itself in economic...

Insurance programs meet computer programs

May 22 2006 // Like so many other areas of life, the Internet changed the exposures involved in affinity group programs. In fact, e-commerce and e-mail have taken some of the affinity out of affinity groups. When I first started...

Insurance programs meet computer programs

May 22 2006 // Like so many other areas of life, the Internet changed the exposures involved in affinity group programs. In fact, e-commerce and e-mail have taken some of the affinity out of affinity groups. When I first started...

Insurance programs meet computer programs

May 22 2006 // Like so many other areas of life, the Internet changed the exposures involved in affinity group programs. In fact, e-commerce and e-mail have taken some of the affinity out of affinity groups. When I first started...

Insurance programs meet computer programs

May 22 2006 // Like so many other areas of life, the Internet changed the exposures involved in affinity group programs. In fact, e-commerce and e-mail have taken some of the affinity out of affinity groups. When I first started...

•Doron M. Rotman, audit and RAS managing director for Information Risk Management; and

Apr 17 2006 // The participants included: •Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management; •Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management; •Linda...