The White House Hack: More Trick Than Treat

Hackers have become highly organized and specialized — so much so that some hacked into the White House’s unclassified computer network earlier this week. Luckily, the administration’s cybersecurity teams were able to mitigate the threat and no serious damage was done.

The attack might have some CIOs wondering how they stand a chance against such sophisticated hackers. The key here, Associate Site Editor Fran Sales reports, is constant vigilance. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Hackers are persistent, which means you have to be persistent, too. Sales provides a list of helpful tips.

In other news this week: Apple CEO Tim Cook came out in an essay published in Bloomberg Businessweek; the mobile payment war continues for Apple Pay and CurrentC; Google announced that its Google X lab has been secretly working on a wearable device that works with nano-pills to detect cancerous cells; and more in this week’s Searchlight.