The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act wants to make sure the federal government isn't buying devices that can be easily hacked.
Cnet

The findings portray a corporate environment with heightened security awareness, which has not, however, translated into tangible preparedness efforts for the majority of organizations.
AP

The Marriott security breach is a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) object lesson and highlights the crucial role cybersecurity validation and audits must play during the due-diligence phase.
Forbes

One issue the center will study, Matheny said, is the extent to which the nation’s artificial intelligence workforce depends on foreign citizens and how immigration policy affects that workforce. Another: How can companies, universities and governments protect information from theft and misuse?
The Washington Post

An exploration of the tension between OSHA requirements to maintain a safe and secure workplace and Facebook using its own product to mine data for threats and locations of potentially dangerous individuals.
CNBC

Corporates aren’t prepared to tackle the headwinds of market risks, according to two separate reports.
PYMNTS

Experts agree: The greatest cybersecurity risk modern businesses currently face comes from people — not from a lack of firewalls or security policies.
DarkReading

Our access to electricity and to clean water is increasingly tenuous in an era of compounded vulnerability due to climate change. So if you’re an investor or a business that relies on access to electricity and clean water, you are now on notice that you are at risk.
Forbes

From coordinated cyberattacks on national critical infrastructure to a supply chain disruption of telecommunications components to an increase in terrorist activities on civilian targets, the number of potential disaster scenarios continues to grow in number and complexity
Forbes

Is the FaceTime bug a threat to business? Maybe. Could it be an opportunity to show leadership and foster trust? Yes.
Forbes

How information is communicated to employees during a change matters more than what information is communicated.
Harvard Business Review

When the grid goes down, old-fashioned skills save lives.
Foreign Policy

While federal government shutdown has had an immediate effect on the hundreds of thousands of employees and contractors either furloughed or forced to work without pay, IT security teams outside of the government could potentially be affected as necessary public services become unavailable.
Decipher

The potential threat of Brexit for UK manufacturers in 2019 is producing a more pessimistic outlook for growth prospects in the coming year. This is according to a major survey released by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and the global insurer AIG.
Production Engineering Solutions

Expect more targeted IoT attacks and new nation-state threats in the coming year
TechRadar

Marriott International Inc.’s disclosure last week of a massive data breach illustrates the potential vulnerability of the hospitality sector, which plays host to mountains of personal information via hotel bookings and loyalty programs, experts say.
Business Insurance

Researchers in UMD's Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and in the Supply Chain Management Center of the Robert H. Smith School of Business have begun work on a prototype of a highly localized "Climate Change Variability/Vulnerability Index." This new research has been launched in light of the Reslinc report on 2017 impacts, and in the aftermath of massive damage caused by 2018 hurricanes Florence and Michael.
Phys.org

It is easy to zero in on profits, accounting returns, etc. But neglecting non-tangible assets, such as quality, innovation, or customer service risks, will lead to missing relevant early warning signals.
Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation

The World Economic Forum (WEF) spoke to more than 12,000 executives around the world about what they considered to be the biggest risks to doing businesses, ranging across political, societal and technological concerns.
CNBC

According to the Ipsos MORI Business Resilience Trends Watch 2019 survey, carried out in partnership with International SOS, 43 per cent of key business decision-makers believe that travel risks will increase in 2019.
International Travel and Health Insurance Journal

The Active Cyber Defense Certainty (ACDC) Act would amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which bans unauthorized access of computers. The idea of treating a computer virus victim like the recipient of a face-punch, however, has received mixed reviews from experts.
US News and World Report

Active shooter incidents are becoming more common, according to an FBI report released Wednesday... The majority of the incidents in the report -- 60 percent -- were over before police could arrive on the scene.
The Washington Post

Academic study shows that potential partners and employees may be more likely to deceive startups than established companies.
Harvard Business Review

In the aftermath of a reputational crisis, most companies suffer a noticeable drop in stock value. A new study offers evidence that company response has a direct bearing on whether that initial dip has a lasting impact on shareholder value.
Risk & Insurance

New Kroll Annual Global Fraud & Risk Report says 86% of companies worldwide experienced security incidents and information theft and loss in the past twelve months.
Dark Reading

RAND President and CEO Michael Rich has been talking about what he sees as an erosion of respect for facts and evidence in political life—a phenomenon he calls “Truth Decay.” He asked RAND political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh to help analyze the issue and lay out a research agenda to better understand Truth Decay's causes and consequences.
RAND Corporation

A new report by Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, and risk modeler AIR Worldwide analyzes the financial impact of the failure of a leading cloud provider in the US. The report finds that an extreme cyber incident that takes a top cloud provider offline in the US for 3 to 6 days would result in economic losses of $15bn and up to $3bn in insured losses.
Lloyd's

The World Economic Forum has announced a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity to help build a safe and secure global cyberspace. The centre will be based in Geneva, Switzerland, and will function as an autonomous organization under the auspices of the World Economic Forum. The aim of the centre is to establish the first global platform for governments, businesses, experts and law enforcement agencies to collaborate on cybersecurity challenges.
World Economic Forum

According to a survey of over 5,000 board members from around the world, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards. Although directors in certain industries are more aware of the threat of disruption, the widespread lack of board-level engagement in innovation processes could be a major blind spot and a potential liability.
Harvard Business Review

New research from the UBC Sauder School of Business has quantified the security levels of more than 1,200 Pan-Asian companies in order to determine whether increased awareness of one’s security levels leads to improved defense levels against cybercrime.
UBC Sauder School of Business

How might a financial crisis triggered by a cyber attack unfold? A likely scenario would be an attack by a rogue nation or terrorist group on financial institutions or major infrastructure.
Harvard Business Review