Security

The fascinating thing about an economic downturn is that it often gives computer users a glimpse into the souls of the vendors they rely on for their software and information.

For many CPA firms, data leakage is becoming an increasing problem, with the potential to pose truly disastrous results for a company and its clients. For instance, in 2012, a public accounting firm was contracted to perform financial statement auditing services for a client.

The city of Akron on Friday morning notified citizens whose sensitive information, possibly including Social Security numbers and credit card numbers, was compromised in a cyber attack and posted on the Internet.

A recent data breach at a local accounting firm in Connecticut should serve as a warning to firms who take the threat risk too lightly.

South Carolina needs to spend nearly $15 million next year to bolster cybersecurity in the wake of the largest hacking at a U.S. state agency, a consultant told state leaders Wednesday.

New video solution can help retailers enhance security, ensure store compliance and increase revenues by 10 percent or more.

It's tax season, do you know where your financial data is? How about the data of your clients? Hopefully the data is safe, but if exists only on the PCs or servers at your work or home, it's not as safe as it could be.

Although more than half the U.S. small businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute experienced at least one data breach, only a third notified individuals that their personal information had been exposed.