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It's the new, hot trend in Latin America: Families with money are equipping their vehicles with bullet-proof windows so they can keep their families safe.

Forty five percent of U.S. respondents reported that their organization had suffered fraud in the previous 12 months, compared to 35 percent in 2009, says the 2011 Global Economic Crime Survey.

Major League Baseball announced that former Major League pitcher Bill Bordley, a longtime member of the United States Secret Service, has been appointed Vice President, Security & Facility Management.

Members of the U.S. military flying on official orders while in uniform may soon see faster security screening while traveling through the nation's airports.

Costs have forced Tampa, Fla., police to cut their wish list of security products for next year's Republican National Convention.

Seizure orders have been executed against 150 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works as part of Operation In Our Sites.

The first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, including security.

Bit9 researchers has compiled a list of 12 smartphones that pose the highest security and privacy risks to consumers and corporations.

The police chief of the University of California, Davis, had been placed on administrative leave, three days after two campus police officers sprayed seated protesters with pepper spray.

A sting in Cook County, Ill. targeting professional shoplifters in three locations has culminated in 59 arrests.