Two influential US senators are demanding more information about the so-far, ultra-secret Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), which is being put in place to protect the nation’s infrastructure against cyber terrorists and criminals.

The Jericho Forum has unveiled a new security framework for interactive business Internet users.

When it comes to defining what a Chief Security Officer does in an enterprise think less of a corporate cop and more of a business enabler. That was the message at the RSA Conference from Dave Hansen, former CIO at CA and now a senior vice president an…

When it comes to defining what a Chief Security Officer does in an enterprise think less of a corporate cop and more of a business enabler. That was the message at the RSA Conference from Dave Hansen, former CIO at CA and now a senior vice president an…

US lawmakers are asking why a stolen laptop, which had medical test results for 2,500 patients in a National Institute of Health study, was not encrypted.

A security lapse on Facebook has made large libraries of private photographs, including one of Paris Hilton, available for all users to access. Exploiting a recent upgrade to the networking site’s privacy settings, a Canadian hacker was able to view pi…

The US National Security Agency (NSA) and Sun Microsystems have agreed to jointly work within the OpenSolaris community to develop new security mechanisms for the operating system.

Fourteen airports in the US, Canada and Asia, are using open or poorly secured wireless networks, according to a study by Gartner Mobile and wireless provider AirTight Networks.

Despite some progress, many US federal agencies continue to experience significant information security control deficiencies, according to a new report.

Police are investigating a possible Home Office security breach after the discovery of an encrypted laptop containing a scrambled disc with the words ‘Home Office, highly confidential’ written on it. The laptop was found in a computer shop near Bolton,…