Encryption

An employee of the Boston Children's Hospital lost a laptop holding patient information.

The body that manages debit and credit card security standards on Wednesday released best practices for retailers wishing to accept payments via mobile devices.

Imagine a mobile device falling into the wrong hands - resulting in the draining of bank accounts co-opting of identities.

Letters have gone out to patients of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after their personal information was exposed when a laptop was stolen from the car of a contractor.

A favorite whipping boy of the Government Accountability Office, the Internal Revenue Service has yet to clean up its security act, though improvements continue, according to a new audit.

Following the theft of a computer at Sutter Health in October that put the personal information of more than 4.2 million patients at risk, 11 class-action lawsuits were filed against the Sacramento, Calif.-based nonprofit.

The PCI Security Standards Council is planning to soon launch a program where one can certify their expertise in preparing their organizations for PCI assessments.

Upromise, which helps students save for college, failed to live up to its oath to protect users' security and privacy, and offer encryption.