To be truly effective today, cybersecurity must be built into every product and system. To achieve this level of integration, we need to address four fundamental leadership challenges.

Ken Xie 13 Jan 2020

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

The power of partnership: joining forces to fight financial crime

Networks of regulators, law enforcement and industry are emerging to fight the increasing problem of financial crime.

Aaron Karczmer 13 Jan 2020

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Your car might be at risk from cyberattacks

With vehicles connecting to Wi-Fi networks, criminals can hack into both smartphones and cars, exposing personal data and opening up transport to potentially fatal crimes.

Caroline Brooks · Futurity 02 Jan 2020

Cybersecurity

Hardware is a cybersecurity risk. Here's what we need to know

Cybersecurity is not just a software issue. The underlying technology on which our software runs is vulnerable, too - which is why it's time to talk about hardware security

Edlyn V. Levine and Algirde Pipikaite 19 Dec 2019

Cybersecurity

Passwords should become a thing of the past. Here's why

Using passwords for online authentication is no longer fit for purpose. We can build a more secure and easy-to-use way to identify ourselves.

Adrien Ogée and Parker Crockford 18 Nov 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

The dry Amazon, protecting privacy in China and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: how to fight cybercrime and why scientists underestimated climate change for so long.

Adrian Monck 15 Nov 2019

Cybersecurity

Why law enforcement and businesses need to join forces to fight global cybercrime

The World Economic Forum’s Regional Risks for Doing Business 2019 report says cybercrime is the #2 risk for businesses today. Here's how law enforcement and the private sector can join fo...

William Dixon and Craig Jones 12 Nov 2019

Cybercrime

This is the crippling cost of cybercrime on corporations

It is estimated that between 2019 and 2023, $5.2 trillion of global value will be vulnerable to cyberattacks. So what can we do to mitigate the risk?

Iman Ghosh · Visual Capitalist 07 Nov 2019

Cybercrime

This new initiative aims to make cybercrime harder - and riskier - to commit

Cybercrime seems easy to commit and difficult to punish - but it shouldn't be hard to turn that on its head. Now a new initiative from BT and the World Economic Forum aims to do just that

Alois Zwinggi and Kevin Brown 07 Nov 2019

Cybersecurity

Why good cybersecurity in business is everyone’s responsibility

From training and incentives to a corporate culture that clearly communicates the cyber-risks at all levels of the business, how can organizations manage daunting cybersecurity challenges?

Paige H. Adams 01 Nov 2019

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity can teach business how to succeed with platform models. Here's how

Since the turn of the millennium, the cybersecurity industry has been grappling with the most ruthless adopters of platform models: cybercrime networks. What have they learned?

William Dixon and David Balson 31 Oct 2019

Digital Economy and Society

3 ways digitalization will help end crime

The enhanced traceability of digital currencies and internet-connected items will make criminal transactions far more difficult in future.

Henrik Hvid Jensen 29 Oct 2019

Justice and Law

Cybercriminals thrive off big data - this is how to catch them

Law enforcement has to keep up with massive changes in technology to stay ahead of cybercriminals.

Stéphane Duguin 28 Oct 2019

Cybercrime

Cities are easy prey for cybercriminals. Here's how they can fight back

Outdated digital infrastructure and a lack of know-how has left cities around the world lagging behind the digital revolution, and cybercriminals are ruthlessly exploiting that gap. But t...

Robert Muggah and Marc Goodman 30 Sep 2019

Cybersecurity

AI is the latest weapon cybercriminals are exploiting

AI is transforming the future of cybercrime. It is enabling criminals to become more sophisticated and opening up new fronts through which they can attack. Now a new group of cybersecurit...

William Dixon and Jamil Farshchi 25 Sep 2019

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