A Vulnerability Disclosure Program is not just a page on a web site

It’s great to see an increasing number of organisations starting down the path of a Vulnerability Disclosure Program or ‘VDP,’ but it increasingly strikes me that these are ‘check box’ exercises rather than a genuine desire to interact positively with researchers and improve security. A VDP is a...

Data Breach Reports Remain Spotty, Study Finds

In a twist on Tolstoy’s famous observation that “all happy families are alike,” the Identity Theft Resource Center ITRC is warning that the public is being told that ‘all data breaches are alike,’ as corporations paint a worryingly bland portrait of breaches and other data loss incidents affectin...