An international treaty to regulate cybersecurity around the globe may not be achievable; rather, the best approach might be a series of voluntary private sector initiatives, according a report by the EastWest Institute think tank.

Shorter data retention periods are likely to be introduced in an updated version of the EU Data Retention Directive.

US-based VASCO Data Security will pay $12 million from its own cash reserves to acquire privately-held DigiNotar of Beverwijk, the Netherlands.

Oracle is facing a $100m lawsuit after security software firm 2FA accused Oracle’s subsidiary Passlogix of stealing source code for authentication and credential management.

Research in Motion (RIM) has agreed to restrict access to pornographic sites via its BlackBerry smartphone devices in Indonesia after pressure from Indonesian authorities.

To help fill the cybersecurity workforce gap in the US government, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is contributing $1.25 million over four years to fund students studying cybersecurity at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).

Vodafone Australia may face a class action for breach of privacy after it confirmed that its customers’ details may have been sold to criminals.

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are not taking the steps necessary to prepare for a disaster or substantial data loss, according to a survey sponsored by Symantec.

The University of Maine will spend $2.6 million over the next three years to beef up information security following a data breach last year that exposed personal information on 4585 students and alumni who had visited the university’s counseling center.

Statistics Canada has experienced a number of recent data breaches that have exposed sensitive information of Canadian citizens, but has failed to report the breaches publicly, according to internal agency documents.