Computer security breaches happen; it’s a fact of life, and just another cost of doing business these days.

The use of information technology in the laboratory is changing the lab’s role within organizations

Machine sounds enable reverse engineering of source code.

Researchers use infrared laser light to order the magnetic states of thousands of electrons and nuclei and then electromagnetic pulses

Investment includes 257 new projects involving researchers in 37 states

NSF and Intel team up to improve the security and privacy of computing systems that interact with the physical world

The nation’s approach to cyber security has much in common with medieval defense tactics, and that needs to change, says a cyber security expert at Missouri University of Science and Technology

To make cars as safe as possible, we crash them into walls to pinpoint weaknesses and better protect people who use them.

The old adage that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link certainly applies to the risk organizations face in defending against cybersecurity threats. Employees pose a danger that can be just as damaging as a hacker.    

With headlines screaming about hacking, of the latest James Bond movie Skyfall most recently, of national and nuclear weapons laboratories not so long ago, and of businesses and individuals almost on a daily basis, it’s no surprise that worldwide information technology (IT) security spending is set to hit $77 billion in 2015—almost 8 percent more than this year’s $71 billion, according to IT researcher Gartner, Inc.