Encryption

SPONSORED VIDEO: Dave Asprey chats with SC Magazine Executive Editor Dan Kaplan on the RSA Conference showroom floor in San Francisco. Asprey explains that as cloud and virtualization technology gain traction with senior-level executives, enterprises are taking the time to build security into these projects. He also talks about the benefits of encryption in the cloud and how virtual machine density can be increased simply by running proper security products.

Mobile payment service startup Square has refuted claims made by a competitor that its card reader could easily be turned into a skimmer capable of stealing financial and personal information.

Data breaches cost organizations $7.2 million on average in 2010, up seven percent from $6.8 million the previous year, according to a new study.

The recent theft of approximately 1.3 million account details from the servers of Gawker has prompted password resets at a number of popular websites.

A Florida-based health insurance provider has been hit with a class-action lawsuit after it revealed earlier this year that thieves had stolen two company laptops containing the personal information of members.

A massive security update from Apple this week fixed more than 130 security flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, but it left some PGP users unable to reboot their computers.

A nonprofit security think tank's "report card" has failed Facebook and Twitter for neglecting to implement safeguards that are available on other popular online services.