Outsourcing to the cloud poses new risks, especially for card data. The PCI Council addresses those risks in its just-released cloud security guidance, and Bob Russo offers exclusive insights.

How can security pros help organizations prevent breaches and data loss? The Online Trust Alliance has released its latest guide to data protection and breach readiness, and OTA founder Craig Spiezle offers tips.

Although hacktivists announced suspension of DDoS attacks against banks, other industries are now getting hit, and banks can't afford to get complacent because of the fraud risk, says security specialist Bill Stewart.

The new, much more objective guidance for reporting breaches that's included in the HIPAA omnibus rule will result in an increase in notifications, predicts privacy law expert Marcy Wilder.

Containerization - it's the latest strategy for securing the critical data accessed by remote workers and mobile devices. How is the concept deployed? David Lingenfelter of Fiberlink offers insight.

As the National Institutes of Health ramps up research projects involving human genomes, electronic health records and other sensitive data, it's exploring the best ways to protect that data, says research director Eric Green, M.D., PhD.

Susan McAndrew of the HHS Office for Civil Rights offers a detailed analysis of the final omnibus rule, which extensively modifies HIPAA and provides new guidance about when to report a breach.

As enterprises move more applications to the cloud, continuous monitoring will play a greater role in assuring the software is patched in a timely manner, says John Streufert, DHS director of federal network resilience.

In 2012, we saw the rise of state-sponsored malware, as well as the evolution of Trojans and ransomware. What new threats will 2013 bring? Adam Kujawa of Malwarebytes offers insights.

It's not malware, crime rings or hacktivists. What, then, are among the threats that concern security leaders most? CISO Tom Newton offers new insight on today's top threats and strategies to combat them.