Jaikumar Vijayan

The upcoming holiday shopping season promises to be a busy one not just for Internet retailers, but for opportunistic online fraudsters and identity thieves as well.

As the information systems security manager at Community Health Network in Indianapolis, a major part of David McLain's job is to ensure that employees are adhering to the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Job seekers who go to online sites to look for employment run a considerable risk of having their personal information improperly sold, shared or used for profiling purposes.

Microsoft Corp. this week released seven patches

Southwest Airlines Co. has just implemented software that allows hundreds of its engineers and mechanics to access proprietary information from its aircraft supplier's systems, using a single Web sign-on.

Executives from several large companies in September outlined their plans to move ahead with RFID technology as a replacement for bar codes. But there are formidable obstacles to the technology's widespread adoption, they said.

Key IT vendor and e-commerce players in the U.S. last week said they're forming a coalition to fight online identity theft

The European Commission this week warned that a trans-Atlantic row may soon result if U.S. demands for airlines to reveal passenger information as an antiterror measure aren't backed by adequate privacy safeguards.