Compliance Management

Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against a company that allegedly delivered spam over instant messenger, known as "spim," to thousands of its 320 million Windows Live Messenger users.

A former U.S. State Department employee, who pleaded guilty to snooping on celebrity passport applications, was sentenced this week to one year of probation and fined $5,000, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. In January, Gerald Lueders, 65, of Woodbridge, Va., admitted to illegally accessing a database to view the passport applications of more than 50 actors, politicians, musicians and athletes. He is third State Department to plead guilty to similar charges. — DK

The National Security Agency will assist in a new program to monitor government traffic on private-sector computer networks, as part of a new program called Einstein 3, according to a published report.

A researcher at IBM has developed a way to analyze encrypted data without decoding it.

Facebook launched a new iteration that makes it easier for users to customize their privacy settings as they send out content.

CVS Caremark must implement an information security program and obtain assessments of its effectiveness every other year for 20 years to settle federal charges.

Another day, another social-networking threat -- this one involving the potential of information disclosure on Facebook.

In 2009, virtually all health care providers take credit cards - and virtually none of them are PCI compliant.