One of the world's leading online gambling websites, Betfair, admitted last week that the personal account details of more than 3 million of its players was hacked in early 2010. Now, Betfair's Director of Security, Sean Catlett, has resigned.
According to research from Webroot, the first Internet security service company, only about 25 percent of employees have tried to bypass company security policies while at work, while nearly all (95 percent) respect the importance of their employer's measures for protecting their network and customer information.
A man was arrested this week and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives.
A former employee of Countrywide Financial has been sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for stealing and selling customer's personal data.
The National Football League is pushing for enhanced security, and starting with Sunday's Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, all fans will be subject to a hand-held, metal-detecting wand test before being admitted.
The Security Leadership Research Institute (SLRI), the research arm of the Security Executive Council, has released the Corporate Security Organizational Structure, Cost of Services and Staffing Benchmark, the first major deliverable from the Institute’s unprecedented security-centered research efforts.
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