Data Security

Members of more than 30 U.S. and international cybersecurity organizations enumerated their "Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors."

Microsoft is letting IT departments off easy next week, but not Oracle, which plans to deliver 41 patches on Tuesday.

One of the congressmen who admitted last year that his office computers were hacked wants to raise cybersecurity awareness on Capitol Hill.

Encryption functionality can be easily integrated into an organization's backup processes, protecting all data on the company's servers and backup devices, and all data taken off site for archiving.

A slumping economy will have a bearing on spend for safeguarding critical data in more ways than expected, reports Illena Armstrong.

Many experts are optimistic that the Obama administration will take positive measures in cybersecurity, reports Angela Moscaritolo.

Some regard a new state data breach law as a model, others see it as too strict.

Despite the ongoing financial crisis, IT security spending is expected to grow this year, according to two reports from Forrester.