Trusting no one may soon become the new mantra in IT security, given the leak of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables.

Trusting one's cloud provider remains a major deterrent to adoption, but there are ways to confirm that a third-party vendor is operating in good faith.

For privacy on the web to be achieved, end-users and website owners must strike an agreed-upon balance.

The demand for pros who can be a part of an incident response team is growing.

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A new Firefox add-on can cause serious repercussions for users surfing the web on public Wi-Fi.

Free anti-virus software is as effective in protecting users as a paid solution.

With people out of work, insider threats spike and budgets often plummet, says Illena Armstrong.

Now is the time to redefine your approach to face today's threats, says Irfan Saif, principal at Deloitte & Touche.

From my perspective, 2010 has been a critical year for global payment card security efforts that may ultimately result in a significant reduction in future payment card fraud levels, says Bruce Rutherford, chairman, PCI Security Standards Council.