A growing number of customers are hiring security companies to maintain a real-time watch over their firewalls and systems.

It doesn’t matter whether you find them within your company or beyond its walls. But you have to find them.

A single sentinel in charge of security, both physical and digital, makes sense for this company. Does it make sense for yours?

A roundup of brief case studies and industry insights on IT security, from password resets to the future of managed security services.

New networking services, wireless devices and the latest products regularly turn network security upside down. It's no wonder CIOs can't keep up.

If you're the victim of a security breach or a virus attack, get the feds on your side.

New markets push spending on corporate protection

Imagine you’re responsible for the IT operations of a company that relies on the Internet to sell products around the world. Now imagine that because of lax network security, someone has hacked into your company’s databases and stolen customer information.

Running an enterprise without a formalised security policy seems as imprudent as installing office-building doors without locks. However, according to some security industry experts, it’s a common phenomenon.

When I think about our security strategy, I have to ask myself if we've done enough. Have we covered all the bases? If we haven't, do we have a work-around or some other risk-mitigation plan in place?

Protecting your enterprise — and your company's reputation — comes down to erecting shields in the most effective areas, which can be revealed through a business risk assessment.

What's a CSO to do when his tech expert says No to a request?

On September 11 the office of the Secret Service was destroyed. In two days, it was fully operational. Bob Weaver, head of the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force shows what it means to respond to terrorism

A new study shows that most large companies don't spend enough of their IT budgets on upgrading their security infrastructures — a situation that could lead to bigger problems in the face of government legislation and corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Lessons to be learned from notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick's new book.