Security

U.S. House votes to extend surveillance under FISA

The new Act aims to extend the provisions to December, 2017

Finding the business value in big data is a big problem

Gathering data is not the issue; what to do with all that data is the challenge, say IT executives

Despite warnings, most states slow to confront corporate ID theft

Three BYOD approaches — and the budget impact

Lawmaker pushes mobile privacy legislation

Markey's bill would require mobile companies to disclose when they are monitoring customers

Europe sets sights on asteroid tracking radars

Would radars help track the 14-story size asteroid currently approaching Earth?

Botnet masters hide command and control server inside the Tor network

New botnet is controlled from an IRC server that runs as a hidden service inside the Tor network, researchers say

Cisco looks to secure the data center with new releases

Introduces array of products to enforce end-to-end security for high-capacity environments, mobile workforces

Hurricanes, floods, fiber cuts keep IT pros on their toes

Twenty-five percent of survey respondents admitted their companies don't have a disaster preparedness and response plan in place.

Domino’s Pizza India operation says website hacked

The Indian franchisee said that customer information was not leaked