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People ignore software security warnings up to 90 percent of the time, according to a new study from Brigham Young University.

Long passphrases are emerging as a better alternative for digital security than complex codes made of letters, numbers and special keystrokes that are hard to remember.

Washington D.C.’s Chief of Police Cathy L. Lanier announced Tuesday that she will resign next month to take over as head of security for the NFL. 

Losing proprietary business data through the theft of laptops or other devices can be priceless, but when users are working in the office, IT may be lulled into a false sense of security that devices are safe on the premises.

Biometric security checks such as voice, facial or eye recognition are still not favored by the vast majority of Americans despite the technologies’ ability to make it easier to access online services.

CVS announced the launch of CVS Pay, a proprietary mobile wallet housed within the CVS Pharmacy app.

Self-service checkout technology may offer convenience and speed, but it also helps turn shoppers into petty thieves.

Organizations around the world are at risk of sharing highly sensitive information through visual hacking in business office environments.

Australia launched its first online census this week, but after multiple denial-of-service attacks, it was quickly forced to shut down.

Reducing credit and debit card fraud by implementing EMV chip card acceptance has become retailers’ top payment issue in 2016, but retailers are also busy with new data security enhancements such as point-to-point encryption and tokenization to better protect payment card data.