When it comes to database breaches, the real issue is lack of real-time insight into what is actually happening to the data.

Research firms have been saying for quite some time that the antivirus/perimeter approach to security is dead, and targeted attacks could very well be the final nail in the AV coffin.

Email is the grease that makes today's business run smoothly, says Peter Stephenson.

As Google launches its Google Health, security experts are concerned that personal medical records are at a greater risk of being breached.

A new report on the security of the personal information of health care patients indicates that steps need to be taken and rules enforced.

A privileged insider on Friday admitted that he sold confidential information on U.S. Marines to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign official.

IT security vendors' sole purpose is to generate revenue -- not offer complete security -- and they will only create solutions to stop dangerous threats when they are incentivized to do so, the principal security strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems said Wednesday at Interop in Las Vegas.

Former employees may have helped a small number of mortgage lenders gain access to the personal information of LendingTree customers by sharing passwords, the company admitted in a letter to victims.

The growth in telework is not as robust as most people think, as managing remote workers and security are big problems. But "secure telework" is possible.

"The vast amount of data produced by humans is of low value and we're taking too much time securing all of it when we need only secure the layers that actually are of value to criminals," said one speaker at an RSA Conference panel hosted by the Jericho Forum.