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More than half of midsize companies are planning to increase their information technology (IT) budgets over the next 12 to 18 months, according to an IBM global study of more than 2,000 midsize companies representing more than 20 countries.

Santa Cruz. Calif. police are poised to be the first in the nation to use a new statistical model to predict crime and try to prevent it.

With Super Bowl XLV just three weeks away, authorities in charge of security are dealing with their first test.

Small and mid-sized businesses still haven’t recognized the tremendous impact a disaster can have on their businesses. Despite warnings, it seems like many still think it can’t happen to them, says a study by Semantec Corp.

NASA has appointed Valarie Burks as its deputy CIO for Information Technology Security.

The Department of Homeland Security canceled a project to build a technology-based “virtual fence” across the Southwest border, saying that the effort was ineffective and too costly.

DETROIT (WXYZ) - The Detroit Public School system is launching a new security system designed to keep sex offenders out of the city's schools.

Police in Sierra Madre, Calif. have identified 380 victims of credit or debit card fraud at a local gas station with losses exceeding $109,000.

Planning and training truly define how effective our companies will manage an active shooter situation.     

The University of Maine will spend $2.6 million over the next three years to beef up information security following a data breach last year that exposed personal information on 4585 students and alumni who had visited the university’s counseling center.