• Telstra in the sights of Privacy Commissioner

  By Hamish Barwick | 20 May, 2013 15:55

  Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer’s phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

• Security Manager's Journal: NAC deployment means better access control at last

  By Mathias Thurman | 20 May, 2013 10:14

  The deployment has already revealed a whole lot of devices that don't meet the criteria for getting on the corporate network.

• AT&T hacker seeks sentencing leniency

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 March, 2013 22:39

  Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker who was convicted last November of illegally accessing emails and other data belonging to 120,000 iPad 3G owners from AT&T's networks is seeking leniency in his sentencing from the court.

• Wiretapping law's renewal dismays rights groups

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 11 January, 2013 11:07

  A last-minute move by the U.S. Senate to renew a controversial wiretapping law, days before it was set to expire on Dec. 31, has dismayed privacy advocates, rights groups and lawmakers who have long opposed the measure.

• When to call for help after a data breach

  By Eric Vanderburg, director of information systems and security at JurInnov | 10 January, 2013 15:57

  In spite of best practices, it is likely your organization will experience a serious data breach at some point. Once the initial shock wears off you'll be faced with numerous decisions, the most significant of which is whether to seek help from outside professionals such as attorneys, computer forensics investigators, information security consultants, privacy consultants and law enforcement.

• Security Manager's Journal: A little housecleaning

  By Mathias Thurman | 22 April, 2013 10:04

  Our manager finds the time and opportunity to cross a few nagging items off of his to-do list.

• Straight talk on security gets employees to listen -- and comply

  By Stacy Collett | 25 March, 2013 10:17

  Sure, you want users to comply with security edicts, but would you phish your own employees or share your company's hack history? At least some CIOs say yes.

• Retailer hauls Visa to court over $13.3M fine for payment card data breach

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 14 March, 2013 00:11

  Genesco, a specialty retailer of footwear, sports apparel and related accessories has sued Visa USA for $13.3 million in fines that were assessed against the company after a credit card data breach in 2010.

• China biggest, but not the only country engaged in cyberespionage

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 20 February, 2013 11:09

  China is by far the most aggressive, but not the only, country attempting the sort of extensive cyberespionage described in security firm Mandiant's dramatic report, released this week.

• When in China, don't leave your laptop alone

  By Bob Violino | 04 December, 2012 11:11

  If you travel to China or Russia, assume government or industry spooks will steal your data and install spyware. Here's how to thwart them

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