Businesses are keener than ever to roll out data encryption, but are still struggling with the complexity of key management, a new survey has concluded.

It's always interesting to see the public response to a game-changing acquisition, namely EMC buying RSA Security. This deal changes the security landscape, so I need to come up with a new name for EMC. How about EMCecurity (pronounced E-M-See-curity)? I kind of like that.

In a deal that marries one of the IT industry's biggest data storage vendors and one of its best-known security companies, EMC Thursday unveiled plans to acquire RSA Security.

A company looking to beef up the security of its wireless operations should start with its own policies and standards, according to Ken Newman, director of security and risk management at Deutsche Bank AG.

Security will be a major focus this week at the giant Cebit show in Hanover, Germany. This year, the annual IT trade show will hone in on the multiple layers of security threats facing enterprise networks. Now it's not just data networks that are under attack; VoIP and even paper documents are at risk.

The increased use of the Internet and e-commerce initiatives has increased security spending among Asian enterprises, according to IDC.

A new report has warned businesses to take security into account before deciding to allow the Skype VoIP service to run free on a company network.

Credit card merchants see the approaching Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard as an easily attainable goal, but IT security experts think otherwise.

Wireless vendors are rolling out a new generation of handheld computers called smartphones for corporate users, but many network executives say they won't consider them until the means to manage and secure them are clear.

More than 3600 vulnerabilities discovered last year remain un-patched, according to a study.

Malicious hackers and other assorted bad guys looking for new tools for plying their trade this upcoming holiday season will have plenty of toys and services to choose from.

Driven by market consolidation and the ongoing efforts of large IT security vendors to meld DLP (data leakage prevention) tools into their broader portfolios, some experts contend that the technologies will increasingly become perceived as product features and less so as stand-alone platforms.

It has taken 331,252 volunteers four years to solve the RC5-64 Secret-Key challenge organised by RSA Laboratories.

EMC's planned acquisition of RSA Security for US$2.1 billion is garnering mixed reviews from analysts on Wall Street and within the technology industry.

How does your company enforce data security? I bet most of your answers will involve procedures based on host applications that have varying degrees of sophistication, depending on how much is at stake with a security breach.