Online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com has issued an e-mail alert to more than 24 million customers regarding a newly-discovered data breach of an internal network.
Wikipedia.org founder Jimmy Wales pledges to shutter the online encyclopedia from midnight Tuesday to midnight Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation before Congress that he contends would threaten Internet freedom if enacted.
The first step toward avoiding a data breach: Be aware of and learn from other organizations' mistakes. Listen to hear attorney David Szabo's top three tips for breach prevention and detection.
Criminal background checks for prospective employees - smart move, or discriminatory practice? Attorney Lester Rosen answers this question and details 2012's top 10 trends in background checks.
Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt recognizes the need to battle online piracy to protect U.S. intellectual property but contends legislation before Congress to do just that would unacceptably curtail Internet freedom and increase cybersecurity risks.
People with good analytical backgrounds that understand regulatory compliance are in demand. Their counterparts - defenders of IT systems - will always be in demand.
"We need the tens of thousands that can manage those defenders and then we need 100,000 that are out there learning the trade, that are passionate...
HITRUST has released its Common Security Framework version 4.0, which provides changes that account for federal and state regulations and standards and frameworks such as HIPAA, ISO, NIST and COBIT.
A small health plan in Tennessee is making a big investment in information security, using encryption, secure e-mail and other technologies to help prevent breaches.
Pace University's Seidenberg Cyber Security Institute plans to leverage public-private partnerships - a challenge for educational institutions. How will the institute help the private and public sectors meet their security needs?
Notifying patients about a healthcare information breach requires a "difficult balancing act" by entities to ensure that risks are not exaggerated, says attorney Robert Belfort, an expert in HIPAA compliance, fraud and abuse.
Steven VanRoekel says the mobile revolution will fundamentally change the way the federal government serves the public and its employees. But in outlining the Federal Mobile Strategy, the federal CIO hardly mentions security and privacy.
Funding would be through NIST's Small Business Innovation Research program that fuels technological innovation by strengthening the role small business plays in bringing to market innovations derived from federal R&D.
Intel CISO Malcolm Harkins explains why Intel embraced the bring-your-own-device trend and made it part of a strong mobile technology policy that revolves around employee accountability.
Given the plethora of guidance available, individual operators of the nation's critical infrastructure may be challenged in identifying the guidance that is most effective in improving their security posture, GAO's Gregory Wilshusen says.
To help prevent breaches, mobile devices should be encrypted even if storage of sensitive information on them is prohibited, says security expert Melodi Mosley Gates.
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