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Computerworld Security Mar 09, 2016 Home Depot to pay up to $19.5M for massive 2014 data breach Home Depot has agreed to pay as much as $19.5 million to remedy the giant data breach it suffered in 2014, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Is a cyber-liability insurance policy in your company's future? • Free Google app helps companies assess their vendors' security • PhishLabs on the growing sophistication of business email scams • Verizon Wireless settles FCC complaint about supercookie tracking • Webroot on the rise of polymorphic malware threats • Collaborating on incident response: Rook Security Video/Webcast: Centrify Corporation 6 Ways to Avoid Data Breaches When Outsourcing IT Join Tony Goulding, Director of Technical Product Management at Centrify, to learn how to secure remote access, minimize your organization's attack surface, thwart in-progress attacks and govern privileged access, while outsourcing IT administration. Read More ▶ Video Is a cyber-liability insurance policy in your company's future? At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Chris Wyospal, co-founder and CTO of Veracode, about the importance of liability insurance for companies that may be affected by data breaches. Watch Now ▶ Free Google app helps companies assess their vendors' security Google has published an interactive questionnaire that companies can use to assess the security posture of vendors they work with, or to review and improve their own security programs. Read More ▶ Video PhishLabs on the growing sophistication of business email scams At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Joseph Opacki from PhishLabs about how cyber-criminals are becoming increasingly smarter about targeting specific high-end business users to try and steal data or money. Watch Now ▶ Verizon Wireless settles FCC complaint about supercookie tracking Verizon Wireless, in a settlement over its use of so-called supercookies to track mobile customers, will notify them about its targeted advertising practices and will obtain their permission before sharing personal identifiers with third parties. Read More ▶ Video Webroot on the rise of polymorphic malware threats At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO chats with Grayson Milbourne of Webroot, about the latest malware trends it saw from its customer base, including the growing importance of polymorphic malware and the flaws in signature-based detection. Watch Now ▶ Video Collaborating on incident response: Rook Security At the 2016 RSA Conference, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with J.J. Thompson, CEO of Rook Security, about how security teams can collaborate better (including via mobile devices) during incident response events. Watch Now ▶ White Paper: SentinelOne Inc A New Era in Incident Response Organizations face advanced malware, exploits, and other cyber attacks targeting the endpoint. Even when a threat is identified, the organization remains vulnerable until it is mitigated. Read More ▶ The 2016 Premier 100 Technology Leaders Check out our March Digital Magazine, featuring this year's class of honorees: The 2016 Premier 100 Technology Leaders. It's a chaotic world for this year's honorees, but that's just how they like it, as they embrace countless ways to spearhead change at their organizations, from shaking up the IT structure to driving technology investments. The magazine also includes News Analysis, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. View the magazine here ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld Daily News Sign up for our popular, twice-daily tech news newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's up-to-the-minute top stories of the day, both first thing in the morning and late in the afternoon (ET). We deliver breaking news on topics like the latest security threats and the newest mobile devices, in-depth features about enterprise technologies and IT careers, and authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Subscribe to CSO's Security Awareness Weekly Sign up for a weekly roundup of features, news, tips and analysis on security awareness delivered to your inbox on Mondays. Sign up now ▶ Computerworld Job Board Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. Check them out now ▶

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