“As economic espionage and hacking become growing threats to the West, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is stepping up efforts to persuade businesses to safeguard secrets deemed vital to national interests.
CSIS’s corporate-outreach program, which started …

“The risk of a catastrophic cyberattack is approaching the gravity of the nuclear risk, according to the Bush administration’s top spy.
‘The cyber risk has become so important that, in my view, it rivals nuclear weapons …

“Concerns about cyber security seem to be as pervasive as the Web itself, whether it’s China’s capacity to wage cyber warfare, the vulnerability of U.S. public utilities and other critical infrastructure to online attacks, or …

“British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain’s security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British …

The cost of a data breach increased last year to $204 per compromised customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual study. The average total cost of a data breach rose from $6.65 million in …

“American and Russian officials have different interpretations of the talks so far, but the mere fact that the United States is participating represents a significant policy shift after years of rejecting Russia’s overtures. Officials familiar …

Albert Gonzalez, 28, was the alleged ringleader of a cybercrime enterprise that swiped at least 170 million credit and debit card numbers.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that Gonzalez, already awaiting trial for the …

Secretary Janet Napolitano: I want to thank the Secret Service, S&T [DHS Science and Technology Directorate]—of our office for hosting this meeting on cybersecurity—an area that has commanded special attention from me in my office …

The White House’s acting cybersecurity czar announced her resignation Monday, in a setback to the Obama administration’s efforts to better protect the computer networks critical to national security and the global economy.
The resignation highlights the …

The exotic nature of the work, coupled with the deep recession, is enabling the companies to attract top young talent that once would have gone to Silicon Valley. Nearly all of the largest military firms …