Data Security

A computer disk containing the personal information of thousands of medical aid applications has gone missing from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

The personal information of thousands of current and former California state employees was improperly copied to a hard drive and removed from state offices.

A new botnet made up of more than 4.5 million infected computers is "practically indestructible," according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab. But some disagree.

CISOs must concede they eventually will see their infrastructures compromised.

The prescriptive nature of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, often referred to as PCI, can benefit even those companies not processing credit card transactions.

The term "APT" is now becoming synonymous with any form of cyberattack, distracting attention away from the real challenge.

The federal breach notification law, proposed by President Obama, should replace existing state laws.

Cybercriminals are scrapping widespread malicious email campaigns for more targeted attacks, according to a new Cisco report.