Cybersecurity whistleblowers: Get ready for more

It is not a comfortable topic – virtually all cases involving a cybersecurity whistleblower have ended with a confidential settlement. But experts, and lawyers, say that in an increasingly connected world, those cases are bound to increase 

It is not a public problem yet. But according to multiple experts, it will be.

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“It” is the cybersecurity whistleblower – an employee who sees a flaw, or flaws, in his or her company’s network security, brings the problem to management but gets ignored or punished – marginalized, harassed, demoted or even fired.

And then the worker either goes public or files a complaint with a federal regulatory agency like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For the full article click here 

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