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More than 900 people died in mass shootings during the past seven years, and a majority of them were killed by people they knew, according to USA TODAY.

Art Coviello opened the RSA conference discussing how Big Data analytics help security practitioners regain vigilance and time to detect and defend against advanced threats.

Janet Napolitano and Eric Holder warn that looming budget cuts would affect law enforcement agencies, border patrol and other core missions.

HP has reported that the number of software vulnerabilities disclosed in 2012 topped 8,000, a near 20 percent increase on the previous year.

In his opening keynote at RSA Conference 2013, Art Coviello,Executive Vice President of EMC Corporationand Executive Chairman of RSA, The Security Division of EMC^® addressed a crowd about the ways that Big Data is transforming the security industry, information technology, business and society.

A study from (ISC)2 found that the global shortage of IT security professionals is driven by a combination of business conditions, executives who don't understand the need for security and an inability to locate enough qualified IT security professionals.

Senators struggle to find common ground on universal background checks for firearm purchases when faced with a divisive split about firearm registration and record keeping.

Exotic animals that are unregistered or illegal would be taken to the new $2.9 million facility and held temporarily. 

Demands for higher wages and breakdowns in negotiations are leading 2,000 security officers to walk off of their posts as early as Monday.

Apple Computers co-founder Steve Wozniak will give the 2013 keynote address, ASIS press releases state.