BYOD as a security issue has largely focused on the business arena – the dangers inherent in allowing personal smartphones and tablets to connect to the corporate network. But mobile devices have been adopted as a way of life with youngsters, and in some ways education has led the BYOD phenomenon.

Prosecutors have reduced the charges in the case against the Army GI who released more than 700,000 classified government documents to the WikiLeaks site.

The group of Chinese cyber-espionage hackers reportedly operating as an arm of the People’s Liberation Army is allegedly back at it, attacking a range of US enterprise and government targets to steal everything from technology blueprints to business plans to manufacturing information.

In a move to comply with President Obama’s Executive Order on cybersecurity, the US General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a request for information (RFI) calling for input on ways to make the federal government's cybersecurity more resilient.

Critical infrastructure threats are up significantly according to US officials – a worrying state of affairs that spans a wide range of threat vectors and potential participants.

By David Baker With the growing movement of enterprises to the cloud, it’s more important than ever that service providers demonstrate and prove good security practices to their customers, in g...

When new technology introduces new legal questions, it can take a long time for courts to sort matters out, and cybersecurity is no exception to the rule. Cyberattacks that yielded major breaches of f...

By Mark O’Neill Most people have used the Facebook, Twitter, or Google Apps buttons located on websites to log into third-party services. This approach is useful within consumer IT as it enable...

This afternoon, I met the CEO (and co-founder) of Semafone, Tim Critchley. When the invitation to interview him landed in my inbox, I was all set to turn it down. As Critchley himself admits, call cen...

Comment: Cybersecurity and Reality – What’s in a Word? What does the word 'cyber' really mean? Gregor Campbell cracks open his dictionary to trace its transformation

Comment: Rethinking Safety in the Modern Digital World Eric D Knapp of Wurldtech contemplates what safety means in today’s digital environment

Interview: Dorothy Denning In her heart a true academic, Drew Amorosi tracks down Dorothy Denning – renowned information security researcher and trainer of today’s cyber warriors

Allan Boardman says it’s time to license information security professionals and join the ranks of other esteemed professions

A licensing scheme for information security professionals would create more issues than it solves, according to Hord Tipton

In Cyberspace, No One Can Hear You Scream Royal Holloway’s Geraint Price and Keith Martin call for innovative approaches to securing cyberspace that go beyond the current practitioners’ toolkit

The Politics of Cybersecurity President Obama takes the law into his own hands by signing a recent executive order on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Drew Amorosi examines the implications

Comment: Which CISO Will Lead your Organization to Success? Choosing the right talent for one of the most challenging jobs in the cyber economy can be a tough job, but what kind of CISO should you be looking to recruit to lead your organization? Amar Singh provides his model CISO for your consideration

A CEO's Guide to Information Security Compliance Does your chief executive need a crash course in information security compliance and risk management? Stephen Pritchard provides them with a brief primer

Hack to the Future Hacktivism has been around for at least 20 years. Danny Bradbury takes a peek inside the community and finds out how it is evolving