Israeli company Cellebrite helped the FBI crack the iPhone used by the terrorist involved in the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting last year, according to several reports in the media. Earlier this week, the FBI succeeded in unlocking the password-protected iPhone, though the agency didn’t disclose its technique.
Another day, another cybersecurity company to have on your radar—especially if you are concerned about things like corporate espionage, financial fraud, and international hackers stealing your intellectual property.
Cyber-attacks dominated the headlines in 2014, highlighting the vulnerabilities we face in business, and personally. At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, one CEO after another issued warnings that the worst was yet to come. Security at the largest corporations and world governments has been breached in high-profile cyber-attacks, exposing the foundational weaknesses of a digital world. The convenience, efficiency and productivity offered by technological advances in the past two decades have overshadowed the fact that with each advance, new and unique security vulnerabilities arise. While perhaps previously overlooked, today these risks are rearing their heads in dramatic fashion.
