One reason why encryption is not more broadly used in healthcare is that so many organizations lack an updated risk assessment that identifies the role the technology can play in preventing breaches, says attorney Amy Leopard.

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.

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.

The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, a non-profit consultancy that experienced a health information breach, learned eight important lessons from the experience, says CEO Micky Tripathi.

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.

The first step toward avoiding a data breach: Be aware of and learn from other organizations' mistakes. Listen to hear attorney David Szabo's top three tips for breach prevention and detection.

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.