Utah Governor Gary Herbert has fired the director of the state’s Department of Technology Services (DTS) over a breach that exposed healthcare records of 780,000 Utah Medicaid recipients.

Losses from internet crime reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) totaled $485.3 million in 2011 and the number of complaints increased 3.4% last year compared to 2010.

Banks and cybercriminals are engaged in a “war of escalation”, warned Peter Tapling, Authentify president and chief executive officer.

Following probes by US and European regulators, Facebook is proposing changes to its privacy policy to be more explicit about how it handles members’ information.

A US federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the National Security Agency (NSA) can invoke the Glomar (neither confirm nor deny) response in denying a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) for documents regarding the 2010 Aurora attack on Google.

The end of April was a busy time for IT security analysts. April 24th to 26th was Infosecurity Europe (InfoSec) at Earl’s Court, the biggest such trade show in Europe and the following week was ...

Several people have asked me for a response to Eugene Kaspersky’s views on Apple, as expressed at Infosecurity Europe last week, suggesting that Apple is ten years behind on security. But h...

By Stuart Lisk  Business continuity remains a major concern for enterprises as they move more mission-critical processes to the cloud. Outsourcing B2B integration while ensuring cloud security i...

Bring Your Own Device or Consumerization of IT are fairly hot themes in a lot of customer organizations. When I talk to customers, there are typically different reactions, once we bring this up. Some ...

Comment: Taking the Ethical High RoadMarcus Ranum of Tenable Network Security outlines how the IT security industry can ensure its integrity by maintaining a strong code of ethics

Interview: Boris Goncharov, G4SQ&A with Boris Goncharov, CISO, G4S, and keynote speaker at Infosecurity Europe 2012

Interview: Matt Palmer, Skipton Building SocietyQ&A with Matt Palmer, group information security officer, Skipton Building Society, and a keynote speaker at Infosecurity Europe 2012

Interview: Mark Adams-Wright, Suffolk County CouncilQ&A with Mark Adams-Wright, CISO, Suffolk County Council, and keynote speaker at Infosecurity Europe 2012

Interview: Graham McKay, DC ThomsonQ&A with Graham McKay, CISO, DC Thomson & Co. Ltd., and keynote speaker at Infosecurity Europe 2012

Interview: Tracy Andrew, Field Fisher WaterhouseQ&A with Tracy Andrew, information security & compliance officer, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, and keynote speaker at Infosecurity Europe 2012

Comment: The EU, Cloud Computing and SecurityHP’s Prescott Winter gives his perspective regarding developments in cloud computing and security within the European Union

Comment: Yes to Privacy, and Yes to Internet SurveillanceBy comparing protective measures in the real world with cyberspace protection, Tim Watson of De Montfort University discusses privacy versus security and the new internet surveillance powers proposed by the UK government. Watson argues that both privacy and security could be enhanced by increasing internet surveillance

Comment: What the Presidential Candidates Aren’t Talking AboutAccording to the FBI and Director of National Intelligence, cyber threats will soon be our largest worry. Given this, Peter George of Fidelis Security Systems wonders why the major presidential candidates aren’t talking about cybersecurity. The lack of discussion on this issue, he says, would seem disproportionate given its potential severity

A Work in Progress: Consolidation in the Security MarketAs the fog of worldwide recession lifts, cash flush security and hardware vendors have found themselves with money to burn. Stephen Pritchard examines how mergers and acquisitions are shaping the information security industry