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While it's more expedient to advocate for backdoors into secure communications and online surveillance to spot terrorists, the real answer may be investing in more old fashioned police work.

The country’s third largest cable company will pay nearly $600,000 to settle the FCC’s investigation into a data breach. It’s the latest sign that telecoms must get serious or face the penalties.

 If we are failing to recruit women, we are failing to recruit people who could contribute to this field and help narrow the staffing gap – which is critical to stopping the onslaught of breaches.

Now that the White House has released the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership text, critics and proponents alike can have a more informed discussion about its effect on the Open Internet. 

The computer virus used against the Iranian nuclear program did not help seal the nuclear deal with Tehran. It did, however, launch a global cyberarms race.

The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in Spokeo v. Robins, a case in which a Virginia man claims he was wronged because an Internet data broker portrayed him incorrectly. If the court sides with the alleged victim, any tech company that collects and aggregates personal data could be subjected to devastating lawsuits.

The Islamic State militant Junaid Hussain killed in a British drone strike displayed little technical knowhow. But even though an unskilled coder, he was more effective at spreading the militants' message over social media and ultimately proved to be an effective role model.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is missing a key component needed to strengthen America's digital defenses – transparency into what the government itself is doing or not doing to protect its networks from hackers.

As soon as Congress realizes that good security and privacy practices are paramount to cultivating a thriving tech economy, it can begin working with Silicon Valley to forge a more prosperous digital future. 

Rapid advances in technology could soon turn science fiction notions of effortless encryption into a reality. But ensuring that we can trust that technology will take more public vigilance against government and corporate eavesdropping.

Presidential campaigns are using sophisticated data mining and analytics software to gain the edge when it comes to courting voters. But the wholesale collection, storage, and sale of voters' political information raises serious questions over how potential supporters are targeted and how their information is exploited.

This week's European ruling striking down the transatlantic Safe Harbor deal is a stark reminder that no one's data is safe until governments around the world reform digital surveillance practices.

The demise of Safe Harbor may be a victory for privacy advocates but it leaves global tech companies in the lurch. A new version of the deal is needed so that companies can get back to work while improving privacy protections for users around the world. 

If countries erect more borders and limits in the digital domain, the engine of global social and economic change that's powered by the Internet will quickly stall. 

The ongoing legal dispute between Microsoft and the US government over access to information held in Irish data servers is about more than the company's European business. It's about whether users everywhere can ever trust that their information is safe on the Web.

Criminal hackers are skilled at crafting fake e-mails that dupe recipients. But instead of blaming the employees who click links that infect computers, organizations should work harder to fortify their networks.

While President Xi Jinping's public rejection of cyberattacks for commercial espionage has been widely panned, the deal between Washington and Beijing gives the US a much stronger hand to confront China over its actions in the digital realm.

From Daniel Ellsberg to Edward Snowden, Whistleblowers play a key role in bringing greater transparency to government, giving people the ability to scrutinize the actions of their officials and elected leaders. We should all do more to protect them.

Sociologist Deborah Lupton says the growing use of health tracking technology is conditioning society to reveal more personal information about themselves, often giving it to corporations interested only in turning a profit.

Microsoft's general counsel says the tech giant went to court to block Justice Department access to data stored in Ireland because the request is 'fundamentally at odds with traditional respect for privacy and limitations on government powers.'