Governance, Risk and Compliance

A leading trade association criticized the Federal Trade Commission this week for forcing nine insurance companies to hand over information about how they set credit-based insurance scores.

A former employee of the U.S. Department of State was sentenced for unauthorized access to a database containing passport applicants' confidential information.

The bad blood between three student security researchers and Boston's transit system appears over, and the two sides are working together to resolve existing vulnerabilities.

When it comes to protecting financial info, IT security professionals can never rest on their laurels, reports Jean Thilmany.

While it's true that the PCI standards are rigorous mandates, implementing, maintaining and achieving PCI compliance is not really rocket science.

Check Point Software Technologies is the buyer of Nokia's security appliance business.

A simulation this week demonstrated the need for better collaboration among public and private security groups.

The Federal Trade Commission says limiting the use of Social Security numbers will help diminish occurrences of identity theft.