ISO has published two new documents outlining principles and guidelines for secure archiving of electronic medical record data.

The IT security industry – and its customers – are starting to prepare for the introduction of new and stiff penalties for organisations that allow data to be stolen or leak, and could reasonably be said to be aware of the risk.

Research just published claims to show that security, price and power – in that order – are the three main drivers when it comes to companies reviewing their data center requirements.

Ipswitch has launched the WhatsUp Event Log Management Suite, including its newly acquired WhatsUp Event Rover 3.0, two tools that it hopes will make it easier for customers to manage their networks by logging security events, while protecting files fo…

The Federal Communications Commission unveiled its new National Broadband Plan to the public yesterday, and shortly thereafter submitted its recommendations to the US Congress.

IBM’s X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk report claims to show an 11% fall in discovered vulnerabilities compared to 2008, including a decline in the largest categories, such as SQL injections and ActiveX.

DVD rental company Netflix has quietly cancelled a sequel to its Netflix Prize, a contest to enhance its movie recommendation technology using anonymous user data.

After several months of quietly hiring staff in the European IT security industry, Sunbelt Software has opened a new sales and research centre in Marlow.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a cyber attack that may have compromised the information of 24 people.

Researchers claim to have broken 1024-bit RSA encryption in the OpenSSL cryptography library, although the hardware-focused attack is difficult to carry out and involves disrupting power supplies.