Data Security news from FierceCIO

The Federal Trade Commission this week told the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that it favors legislation granting it new powers to seek civil penalties in spyware Read more...

Computerworld reports that a Russian security firm is having difficulty dealing with "ransomware'' attacks where hackers have planted malware that encrypts files and then displays a message demanding Read more...

It's getting to be an all-too-familiar problem--a breakdown in controls combined with carelessness leading to theft of confidential data. The latest example is the confirmation by Bank of New York Read more...

Thirty-eight people in the U.S. and Romania have been charged in two federal indictments, alleging they used a complicated Internet phishing scheme to steal thousands of credit and debit card Read more...

A federal appeals court has made it easier for customs officials to search through the contents of a person's laptop. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that agents Read more...

There are many steps to take to protect your data. One of them is to make sure your hard drive is cleaned before reusing. And remember it is important to use the technology that can sanitize Read more...

The tech industry has been analyzing and evaluating the recent theft of 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from the Hannaford supermarket chain, a Maine-based grocer. And what they are finding Read more...

Smaller is almost always better, the sages among us sometimes say. This was the case when a facility near St. Louis run by Schneider Electric and its American Power Conversion subsidiary created a Read more...

> The CIO must think like a politician. Article> Are CIOs facing pressure to trim staff? Read more...

You've had a hard day at the office, and you are heading home when your cell phone rings and your second in command tells you that your system has been hacked. Despite your best efforts and the most Read more...