Online security starts with e-mail monitoring. BITS and FS-ISAC have partnered to launch a new registry service that aims to thwart phishing attacks.

You know your company's social media policy is a good one when it starts sounding less like a checklist and more like common sense, says Sherrie Madia, social media expert and author.

Does the U.S. government's shuttering of the file-sharing website Megaupload.com show that new laws are not needed to battle intellectual property piracy? Brookings's Allan Friedman believes it does.

The Europay, MasterCard, Visa standard, commonly used in most global markets, is coming to the U.S. The sooner issuers, acquirers and merchants initiate migrations, the better, says Stephanie Ericksen, head of authentication product integration at Visa.

The recent breach that affected 24 million customers of Internet retailer Zappos.com should lead others to consider how much client information to store, says cybersecurity expert Fred H. Cate.

Zappos was quick to communicate after discovering a data breach impacting 24 million customers. But did the online retailer respond appropriately, or make some missteps in its haste to notify? Francoise Gilbert of the IT Law Group gives a mixed review.

Security managers need the heads up from non-IT executives before they dismiss employees, some of whom might seek payback for their sacking by pilfering data or sabotaging systems, Carnegie Mellon University's Dawn Cappelli and Mike Hanley say.

Criminal background checks for prospective employees - smart move, or discriminatory practice? Attorney Lester Rosen answers this question and details 2012's top 10 trends in background checks.

When your site processes more transactions annually than the London Stock Exchange, you'd better care deeply about breach prevention, says Ionut Ionescu, Head of Threat Management at Betfair.

To help prevent breaches, mobile devices should be encrypted even if storage of sensitive information on them is prohibited, says security expert Melodi Mosley Gates.