The PCI Security Standards Council said it will produce additional guidelines to cover unattended payment terminals, such as those found in vending machines and on fuel pumps.

Companies that aren't in compliance with PCI DSS Section 6.6 risk fines and other losses that could reach into the millions of dollars.

Just a few months after Google and Microsoft announced they were launching online consumer health platforms, a nonprofit has unveiled a common framework to protect sensitive medical records.

Google and Microsoft are among an extensive set of technology vendors aiming to spur the adoption of digital identity cards.

Fueled by continued compliance demands and an evolving threat landscape, global software security revenue totaled $10.4 billion last year, a jump of nearly 20 percent, an analyst firm said Tuesday.

Fourteen U.S. privacy groups have written to Eric Schmidt arguing that Google is breaking Californian law by not including a link to its privacy policy on its homepage.

The number of complaints regarding violations of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) continue to increase each year in tandem with an increase in breaches of medical records.

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

The organization charged with directing the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) announced the second version of the credit card protection guidelines is scheduled for an October release.

Despite HIPAA privacy laws, data breaches are not only becoming more common within the medical community, hospitals and medical centers are slow to report the breaches to patients.