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Due to the State of Emergency caused by the approach of Hurricane Sandy, this week's security events in New York City have been postponed until further notice.

With a couple of months still left to go in the year, Chicago has already managed to tie the 2011 mark for homicides.

The report calls for more background checks and stronger controls over certain high-risk groups such as convicted criminals and younger age groups.

A massive security breach in the South Carolina's State’s Department of Revenue resulted in the theft of 3.6 million social security numbers and 387,000 credit/debit card numbers.

After more than 7 years and $213 million, the new security system at Los Alamos National Laboratory is not functioning, and officials are debating how to divvy up the run-over costs.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has hired its first chief security officer.

The Chinese telecom company is facing fears of both equipment vulnerabilities and national security threats as it seeks to expand its business to Australia, the UK, India and the U.S.

Forty-four percent of card users in Mexico report credit card fraud, while 42 percent of U.S. consumers report the same.

Only 47 percent of Canadian firms reported difficulties with fraud, theft and corruption this year, compared with 77 percent of companies in sub-Saharan Africa.