Security means business. It's simply part of the fabric of trade today.

Security, just like quality, is job number one. In fact, for Dan Lohrmann, chief information security officer with the state of Michigan, security has become a part of him.

In this special section, we look at IT security implementations at several retail locations and investigate which solutions are effective for retail chains.

Compliance seemed the dominating topic at this year's recent Infosec WorldConference & Expo in Florida.

IT security leaders respond to some tough questions from SC Magazine editor-in-chief Illena Armstrong.

With California's data breach notification law now being extended to cover health care organizations, businesses in this space must pay closer attention to how the personal health information entrusted to their care is safeguarded.

In conversations with industry contacts this past week, I heard the same thing: in many companies, information security is being absorbed into various business units.

Information security pros are increasingly confronted by cybercriminals trawling their corporate networks for customers' private data. More than 80 percent of the respondants to the SC Magazine/MXI Security survey say guarding against data breaches is the focus of current security initiatives, reports SC Magazine Editor-In-Chief Illena Armstrong.

It seems information security is getting to the front line of business imperatives. More than ever before, executives are giving IT security and data protection initiatives the attention they've required for some time

Hurtling into our annual Reboot edition, I became conscious of the break-neck speed at which 2007 has come to its end.