A pharmacy benefits firm offers $1 million for information leading to the conviction of a band of data thief extortionists.

Criminals are blackmailing a Fortune 150 company by threatening to expose the personal information of its customers.

A significant proportion of hard disks analyzed in an ongoing study contained sensitive data about businesses and individuals.

Getting the chief financial officer to take the lead on cyber-risk will go a long way to helping organizations achieve adequate security funding, according to a guide released Monday for corporate money men and women.

A global security study discusses what has improved around information security over the past year and where there is room for improvement.

It's official: Organizations face unique security risks, and efficient and effective information security programs cannot be achieved through a one-size fits all approach.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation into law that will pose harsher penalties for hospital workers who pry into sensitive patient data.

A new standard spells out detailed controls for managing health information security.

Medical identity theft is increasing, in part because of the wealth of personal information available in medical records. And much of this identity theft is coming from within the medical community.

A new law in Congress would require every U.S. citizen to have electronic health records by 2014. It would also set up privacy rules for those records, requiring information keepers to notify patients of security breaches.