Security

Bankers tell how they are re-examining their systems for flaws and providing new cards, fresh accounts and reassuring the public.

The revelation that the 118-year-old credit-reporting agency suffered two major data breaches in the span of a few months adds to a mounting crisis at the company.

Nearly half of firms don't know if they can satisfy the new data security and privacy mandates, says Corey Nachreiner.

Called Azure confidential computing, the technology encrypts data while it is in use – which is when most security breaches occur.

The ability to leverage big data looms as a significant challenge for the research community, he says.

Apache Struts software is especially time-consuming to update, but a delay of several months to remove a high-priority vulnerability is generally considered a dangerous security practice.