It all started with PCs in the workplace, then client-server architectures, then broad adoption of the internet with its openness and broad file-transfer capabilities and instant messaging and more.
Forms containing the sensitive information of about 140,000 parents of newborns are at risk for compromise after they were not shredded upon disposal, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) has told parents in a letter.
Two congressmen on Monday introduced a bipartisan cybersecurity bill that proponents say will modernize regulations while providing law enforcement with more resources to investigate and prosecute criminals.
Electronic discovery (e-discovery) is a topic generally limited to legal circles. Although recent case law and the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) are aimed squarely at judges and lawyers, both have profound implications for IT and security organizations, given the significant amount of electronically stored information (ESI) that is relevant for court cases.
A federal employee union has filed suit against the Transportation Security Administration over a lost external hard drive that contained the personal information of some 100,000 workers.
If you want to learn something about security, who better to talk with than an IT professional at an educational institution? After all, they deal with most, if not all, of the challenges their colleagues in enterprises face, and more — much more.
Microsoft today released seven patches - all critical - addressing 19 vulnerabilities, including a promised fix for the well-publicized but sparsely exploited zero-day DNS server flaw.
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