The new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security will provide leadership, expertise and assistance to the Commission to help identify solutions to potential cyber-risks. 

Thirty-one percent of data breaches are caused by simple loss or theft, a new Forrester study reports, and another 27 percent of incidents are caused by unwitting misuse of data by an employee.

The proposed regulations would create clear, yet voluntary, cyber security guidelines for critical infrastructure such as water and power. 

New research from Dell SecureWorks finds that cyber espionage firms, often originating in China, are targeting critical infrastructure organizations, such as oil companies, in many different countries. 

Privately-owned U.S. computer networks remain vulnerable to cyber attacks, and many U.S. companies are not doing enough to protect them.

Mike Jacobs, Chairman of the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame, has released the names of 11 pioneers who will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Over half of Android devices are vulnerable to known security flaws that can be exploited.

Gartner, Inc. has issued a report predicting that the worldwide spend on IT security is in the midst of an 8.4 percent uptick in 2012.

Nearly half of smartphone users refuse to download an app that requires too much personal information, especially location tracking.