SIA is reporting that industry pundits have predicted 2016 to be the year of ransomware.

The FBI's Internet Crime Compliant Center reports a total of 2,453 ransomware complaints were received in 2015, costing victims more than $24 million dollars....

SIA is reporting that Protection1 analyzed “approximately 6,000 open security cameras across the United States,” those which had been listed on Insecam.

The firm broke down the data by top states and top cities running cameras which are not locked...

Many factors cause an increase in surveillance cameras being deployed. Airport breaches, data theft, and other widespread trends drive this reaction.

Germany is now in the spotlight due to a sharp rise in burglaries.

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— by Julie Sneider, senior associate editor, Progressive Railroading

A lone gunman's attempt to attack passengers on a Paris-bound train last August elevated concerns over whether enough is being done to protect the security of train riders.

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According to SIA, a new report reveals that more than half of board members say IT and security executives will lose their jobs as a result of failing to provide useful, actionable information.

The report titled, "How Boards of Directors Really Feel...

Organizations with large scale security projects on the horizon often need extra assistance making important technology decisions.

What a security camera will see in the dark, in bad weather, or in other tough environments can make for a difficult...

Security Buyer Magazine: Brazilian highway operator CCR AutoBAn monitors the highways being used by 850,000 vehicles per day.

In 17 years of managing the highways, CCR AutoBAn’s SOS emergency unit has handled more than 3.4 million support cases,...

At the recent Retail Asset Protection Conference, Walgreens shared best security practices with other retail industry leaders.

At the event, Hal Friend, Director, Physical Security & Fire Prevention and Tim Mueller, Manager, Physical Security...

Dirk Stegemann, Bosch Security Systems, Inc. and Darnell Washington, SecureXperts, Inc.  

Recognizing that the national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure, President Obama issued...

A Centrify study has found that that 66% of adults in the US are at least somewhat likely to stop doing business with a company that has suffered a cyberbreach.

That number is even higher in the UK, where 75 percent said they are somewhat likely to...