May 17, 2012 | KIM S. NASH

As one of three credit bureaus in the United States, Equifax keeps financial data on every adult in America, plus people in 16 other countries. But the company knows much more than just what goes into an old-fashioned credit score.

May 17, 2012 | ZAFAR ANJUM

IT managers recognise benefits of BYOD but concerned about employees’ awareness of risk: BT

May 16, 2012 | KIM S. NASH

More than a year into its bring-your-own-device program, MasterCard Worldwide continuously assesses the security technology and policies that allow 30 percent of its employees worldwide to use their personal iPhones, iPads and Android devices at work.

May 16, 2012 | JOAN GOODCHILD

Ten infamous social engineers -- con men who exploited human weaknesses rather than technical vulnerabilities.

May 16, 2012 | ELLEN MESSMER

Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away.

May 16, 2012 | TAYLOR ARMERDING

Big business -- at least a significant percentage of it -- has apparently heeded the decades-long mantra from information security experts, and invested enough in security to make it difficult, expensive and risky for cyber criminals to attack them.

May 16, 2012 | JARED NEWMAN

When Facebook goes public, it will enter a new world full of shareholder meetings, earnings reports, and the constant pressure to turn an increasingly bigger profit.