The agency that administers the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement program received the lowest of five possible scores on a recent audit to determine its compliance with federal information ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau got to experience what it’s like to go through an examination. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) within the Federal Reserve recently released findings and ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs “continues to face significant challenges” in complying with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act—or FISMA—according to an audit released by the VA ...

Security is about alleviating risks. Proper security audits help organizations spot weak points in their systems, processes and controls that hackers could potentially exploit or that insider threats ...

The Small Business Administration’s information security program remains “not effective,” despite improvement in cybersecurity oversight of incident response, risk management and contingency planning.

Businesses today retain a lot of data about both internal operations and their customers. This information is one of your strongest assets, but that also makes it one of the most valuable to criminals ...

Former directors and employees of the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) have been referred to trial on charges of ...

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Every company has to check the security credentials of its software vendors before signing on the dotted line to make a purchase. It usually involves a clunky non-digital process of signing NDAs and ...

Minnesotans' personal information stored on the state's large, mainframe computers — including tax return information and bank account numbers — is at risk of being stolen, the Legislative Auditor ...