Data Breaches Rose Sharply In 2008

1/8/2009 6:27:28 AM

More than 35 million data records were breached in 2008 in the U.S., a figure that underscores continuing difficulties in securing information ...

CBP and What Does It Know?

12/30/2008 12:35:23 PM

In January 2009, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will conduct a pilot program to test a type of container security device (CSD) used to make ...

Declassified comsec documents worth a read

12/29/2008 12:46:06 PM

Bruce Schneier points out (and recommends) newly declassified documents on US communications security from the 70s. . ...

3 Global Risks to Business in 2009

12/23/2008 11:17:44 AM

The Financial Crisis . . The report indicates that while Asia at one point was thought to see little impact from the financial crisis, it now ...

Software Executive Sentenced for Hacking

12/23/2008 10:26:17 AM

The president of a U.S. software company has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stealing password-protected files from a ...

As Phishing Evolves, Criminals Switch to Malware

12/19/2008 10:14:48 AM

The scammers began to see serious problems with their phishing scams sometime around April.. . That's when they started realizing that more and ...

Siemens Pleads Guilty to Bribery-related Charges

12/16/2008 10:29:06 AM

German electronics company Siemens AG and three of its subsidiaries today pleaded guilty to charges related to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices ...

IT Predictions for 2009: The Economy Dominates

12/15/2008 10:40:49 AM

Well, we blew it a year ago on the prediction that last month's U.S. presidential election would lead to historic turnout -- it didn't quite hit ...