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Network World Security Alert Jan 26, 2016 CISOs should take security training seriously Security awareness training is pivotal to your organization's information security posture, and, now, it's more important than ever before. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Time to Consider User Behavior Analytics (UBA) • Ta-ta to passwords and PINs; faces and fingerprints to rule the future • IoT and data privacy • Planning for security breaches: What CIOs need to know to stay out of the hot seat • Broad use of cloud services leaves enterprise data vulnerable to theft, report says • Critical vulnerabilities patched in Magento e-commerce platform • CIA: 10 Tips when investigating a flying saucer • TSA: Gun discoveries in baggage up 20% in 2015 over 2014 White Paper: Forcepoint 2015 Threat Report Your data is crucial. It's impractical to completely "lock it down" and yet its open use threatens your organization's very existence. Forcepoint™ recognizes the delicate balance between security awareness and business enablement. Read More ▶ Time to Consider User Behavior Analytics (UBA) Market demand somewhat muted by market confusion. Read More ▶ Ta-ta to passwords and PINs; faces and fingerprints to rule the future Biometric security technology is gaining market share over traditional passcode methods. Facial recognition will be a $450 million market by 2019 and fingerprint readers will reach $2.6 billion by 2020. Read More ▶ IoT and data privacy On Jan. 28 we'll celebrate Data Privacy Day, which has a theme of of "Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust." Yet many Internet-of-Things devices are woefully insecure with the apps to control them asking for way too many permissions. Can all the players in IoT be trusted to respect privacy and safeguard our data? Unlike our infrastructure, IoT supposedly gives us a chance to do cybersecurity right from the start. Read More ▶ Planning for security breaches: What CIOs need to know to stay out of the hot seat The C-suite is on the hot seat for security as companies face lawsuits stemming from security breaches, says Matthew Karlyn, Partner, Technology Transactions & Outsourcing Practice, Foley & Lardner LLP. Listen to Karlyn's CIO Perspectives keynote presentation to learn more about how CIOs can protect their companies and themselves from litigation. Read More ▶ Broad use of cloud services leaves enterprise data vulnerable to theft, report says Workers excessively sharing documents in the cloud is a security problem. IT needs to get more on top of it, a new report says. Read More ▶ Critical vulnerabilities patched in Magento e-commerce platform The latest patches for the Magento e-commerce platform fix critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to hijack administrative accounts. Read More ▶ CIA: 10 Tips when investigating a flying saucer Most people don't typically associate the Central Intelligence Agency with historical UFO investigations but the agency did have a big role in such investigations many years ago. That's why I thought it was unusual and kind of interesting that the agency this week issued a release called "How to investigate a flying saucer." [The release is also a nod to the fact that the science fiction TV series X-Files returns to the screen this weekend] Read More ▶ TSA: Gun discoveries in baggage up 20% in 2015 over 2014 It's an astounding number really, but the details get worse. The TSA goes onto say 2,653 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country, averaging more than seven firearms per day. Of those, 2,198 (83%) were loaded. Firearms were intercepted at a total of 236 airports; 12 more airports than last year. 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