In the hours preceding his State of the Union Address, President Obama signed an Executive Order which will expand public-private sector information sharing in an effort to promote comprehensive cybersecurity progress among critical infrastructure operators and financial institutions. Following this...

The European Commission has recently gained a reputation as the tip of the spear when it comes to evolving data privacy mandates in the digital age. The latest round of proposed reforms have only fueled further debate as legislators attempt to strengthen personal data security without presenting an ...

As the online frontier continues to pose unique challenges for merchants tasked with protecting sensitive data supplied by their customers, the PCI Security Standards Council has released a set of supplementary guidelines covering ecommerce activity. The impetus for this report was primarily commun...

Not long ago, data security was a relatively predictable IT responsibility left in the hands of mid-level associates and administrators. Now that threats are coming in greater volume and variety, however, a number of CIOs are having to fundamentally rethink their protection of sensitive information ...

The simultaneous rise of consumerized IT, mobile devices and cloud computing has ensured that sensitive corporate information is now reaching more people and more endpoints than ever before. As much as they would like to, risk management professionals cannot turn back the clock on this increasingly ...