It looks like border, seaport and critical infrastructure security will be the top focus areas for the Obama administration.

The Obama administration and 111th Congress will be looking for opportunities in regulatory reform, seeking to improve transparency and accountability.

With companies being acquired on the cheap, there is little time to understand and protect sensitive data on multiple systems.

The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too.

The anonymity and universal access of cyberspace makes cybercrime attractive and easy. If customers, partners and employees can access sensitive systems from anywhere in the world, then the same pathway to the core infrastructure and priceless data exists for hackers as well.

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One of the biggest challenges facing IT organizations is pinpointing the location of critical data throughout the enterprise.

Rob Tourt, chair of the PCI Security Standards Council, outlines developments on PCI DSS requirements.

Identify all data that has value to your business, says Monte Robertson, Software Security Solutions.

The introduction disclosure obligations is having an impact on the adoption of encryption across the enterprise, says Richard Moulds, Thales Group.