Encryption

An unencrypted personal laptop, carrying the personal information of hundreds of thousands of doctors nationwide, was stolen over the weekend.

Visa has taken a leading role in establishing best practices for end-to-end encryption implementation.

Merchants, desiring an easier path to PCI compliance, may soon be encouraged to consider a number of nascent technologies that can help protect cardholder data.

Security experts remain puzzled how hackers orchestrated their compromise of a Virginia state health care website.

Strong security is all about reducing the attack surface available to hackers and malicious users.

Attacks on government computer networks increased sharply in 2008, but the new administration's focus on cybersecurity may help thwart future attacks.

The deadline to comply with the stringent Massachusetts data security regulations, which mandate the encryption of all portable devices, such as laptops, has been extended from May 1 until Jan. 1, 2010.

At least 69 computers are missing from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a national security research institution in New Mexico.