Hospitals and clinics regularly handle thousands of medical records -- as well as other personal information such as patient social security and credit card numbers. Preventing sensitive information from getting into the wrong hands is a huge and complicated challenge for information security professionals.

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

Federal agencies continued to show slight improvement in 2007 in their ability to protect sensitive data.

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

Financial institutions should be prepared to deal with security incidents involving physical facilities, network infrastructures, systems, applications, and most importantly, data, says Inno Eroraha, president of NetSecurity Corporation.

Organizations handling credit cards feel pressure building as the deadline for PCI Requirement 6.6 compliance, June 30, 2008, approaches.

In what is considered a victory for online library users, the FBI withdrew a national security letter (NSL) that had been issued to the Internet Archive, a nonprofit internet library.

User access is the number one IT security concern among healthcare workers, according to a study conducted by Courion.

The PCI Security Standards Council has clarified two key provisions of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

Before embarking on a role management project, take time to consider your business objectives and project scope, says Jackie Gilbert, founder and VP of marketing, SailPoint.