The United States - and other advanced societies - shouldn't let the reliability of their electric grids lull them into being unprepared for possible massive power outages caused by cyberattacks, cybersecurity expert Harry Raduege says.

Her first nine months on the job included a data breach and a CEO shakeup. Hear how Symantec CISO Patricia Titus has adapted to business change and re-focused the company's security team.

Now that Congress has failed to enact significant cybersecurity legislation, President Obama needs to find new ways to secure key government and business IT systems, says Melissa Hathaway, a former top White House cybersecurity adviser.

Microsoft says its next version of the Internet Explorer web browser will feature "do not track" as a default user setting. What are the online privacy implications? Trevor Hughes of the IAPP weighs in.

The truth about preventing a breach, like the advanced-persistent-threat attack RSA experienced in 2011, is that an organization can't defend critical systems alone, says RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz.

ISACA just issued COBIT 5 for Information Security, a business-centric approach to governance and IT management. ISACA's Robert Stroud explains what COBIT 5 means to your organization.

The number of phishing sites is at an all-time high. And so are the targeted brands. The message, says Peter Cassidy of the Anti-Phishing Working Group: "No brand is safe."

When it comes to breach planning and response, well-intentioned organizations often go wrong. Experian Data Breach Resolution VP Michael Bruemmer tells where they fail and offers advice on how to do these important jobs right.

RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz says he spends more time talking to other chief information security officers and IT security practitioners today than he did a decade ago, when he held the same job at Nationwide Insurance Co.

The smart grid is unlike any other type of critical information infrastructure, and its complexity creates a heightened challenge to secure it, says ENISA's Konstantinos Moulinos.