Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

For the first time, the U.S. House of Representatives will require its staff and members to take part in an annual IT security training program -- one of the mandates under new policy set to take effect next year.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing a case against BJ's Wholesale Club over a 2004 breach.

American and Russian officials recently met to discuss cybersecurity issues, such as collaboration among law enforcement bodies and the use of cyberweapons, the New York Times reported in its Saturday editions.

The chairman of the PCI Security Standards Council shares his thoughts on the payment industry's 2009 successes and looks forward to what is on the horizon to ensure the protection of credit card information.

The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

iBotnet.A attempts to steal online banking credentials and is capable of spreading across a network and hijacking the iPhone and iPod Touch for use in a botnet. However, experts do not perceive the threat to be widespread.

On the heels of what is believed to be the first-ever iPhone worm, hackers now have devised a way to steal data off jailbroken versions of the popular Apple device.