Organizations in the US that tested employees for drugs saw a 9.3% jump in the number of positive drug tests for illicit drugs in the general workforce.

A Federal District Court recently ruled the technology used in LinkedIn's Reference Search does not constitute a “consumer background check” of employees and job candidates. 

People convicted of calling authorities with false reports to get SWAT teams called to the scene could get up to 10 years in prison. 

Although cyber insurance has been around for a few years now, since it is still a fairly new concept and the industry is expected to grow exponentially in the near future, companies may have questions. Lynda A. Bennett, Chair of Insurance Coverage Practice at the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler, LLP, in Roseland, New Jersey, spoke with Security about the ins and outs of cyber insurance. As an attorney specializing in these types of claims, Bennett represents enterprises, not insurers.

With enterprises’ rising reliance on data and the need to protect it, investments in data security and data centers are rising. Data center company Equinix Inc. is expanding its Rio de Janeiro data center; Penn State University is finalizing plans for a second data center, projected at a cost of $58 million; Google is reportedly considering a $300 million data center expansion at its campus outside of Atlanta.

According to a new report from the AFL-CIO, in 2013, 4,585 workers were killed on the job in the United States. 

Relying heavily on mobile technology to stay connected to their work and personal lives is creating “mobile guilt” among professionals, who then resort to “shadow tasking,” according to a new global online survey of 3,521 professionals. 

New York City lawmakers are barring most employers from checking a job candidate's credit record.
 

A survey found that businesses are ill-prepared to address mobile security issues created by GenMobile employees.