Charlotte officials plan to buttress the city's sizable police force with about 3,400 extra officers during the 2012 Democratic National Convention to help protect top politicians from across the country.
Confidential medical data - including patient names and diagnoses - for 20,000 people seen in Stanford Hospital's emergency room was posted on a public website for nearly a year before hospital officials found out about the security breach.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence.
Data from independent research, Effective Management of Safe & Secure Openings & Identities, shows 82 percent of public, private and 2-year specialized colleges and universities believe they are not very effective at managing safe and secure openings or identities.
Come November, UW Badger fans may tailgate while armed but will still be forbidden from bringing their guns inside stadiums, classrooms or any other buildings at the flagship UW-Madison campus and the University of Wisconsin System's 26 campuses statewide, says a Wisconsin State Journal report.
The increasingly sophisticated systems running a car may lead to new vulnerabilities, according to a study from security software provider McAfee in partnership with mobile software provider Wind River and embedded security provider Escrypt. Those systems could allow hackers to take control of the car, track its location, and even access devices that are connected to it, including smartphones and tablets carrying valuable personal data.
Nearly 10 years after the September 2001 terror attacks, the U.S. government has significantly improved homeland security but still lacks a system to know who is leaving the country and exactly what is inside luggage checked at airports, according to a GAO report.
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