Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc launched a cross-industry group to improve security for credit card transactions.

Target is looking for a new chief information officer following the resignation of CIO and executive VP of technology services Beth Jacob.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could determine whether companies such as Amazon.com Inc. must pay workers for the time they spend waiting to clear security checks at the end of their work shifts.

An intruder stole a vendor's credentials that were used to access Target's system and cause its massive security breach last year.

Michaels Stores said it is investigating a possible data security breach.

Target said it is investing US$5 million in a multi-year campaign to educate the public on the dangers of scams.

Democratic lawmakers called for a congressional inquiry into the hacking of credit and debit card data of Target customers.

A Utah law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Target, alleging the retailer owes no less than $5 million in damages for its recent data breach.

As interesting as Big Data can be for finding patterns in the past, its biggest promise for security lies in being able to predict the future.

Store security at Barneys New York is now trained on the NYPD.