As 2012 draws to a close, many IT professionals are re-examining priorities and setting new goals. A recent InformationWeek survey found that tech decision makers ranked improving information security as their number one goal for the coming year. In response to the survey results, the publication of...

The modern business world is faced by the challenge of ever-expanding data volumes. While mountains of information are normally associated with analytics trends such as big data, the amount of digital content in general is rapidly expanding. According to IDC's predictions for 2012, the total amount ...

It may not be easy to go back and closely look at what went wrong following a data breach. No one wants to be the employee that lost a flash drive or failed to meet a compliance requirement. However, acting within an effective information security framework requires organizations to do exactly that ...

Technology experts have long warned organizations against the threat of the potential aftermath of a data security incident. The good news is that the majority of organizations have listened to those concerns. However, recent research suggests that there is a disparity between data security fears an...

Some business leaders may be surprised to discover that the biggest risk facing organizational data is not from individual hackers or even large groups of cybercriminals. Those high-profile breaches do have a tendency to make headlines, but there is a much quieter threat that all organizations must ...