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We’ve embraced data analytics. We build and deploy a cascade of security tools. Why isn’t the security industry winning? It’s time for security strategists to sift, read, and respond to threat data differently.  

Russia, like most countries, is struggling to balance public desire for privacy with the government's interest in monitoring potentially criminal activity. But the Kremlin's approach strikes observers as too heavy-handed.

Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander and law professor Geoffrey Stone say it's time for Congress to put politics aside and act quickly to reform surveillance laws in order to protect American privacy and maintain an intelligence edge.

The discovery of computer bugs can be marketing boons for cybersecurity firms. But one critic says the industry should take a page from the health profession and select names for flaws that aren't designed to stoke fear or generate buzz.

Germany is embroiled in a spying controversy that is causing political upheaval and sparking a national debate about surveillance. 

A study shows that the media regards the online collective as 'pranksters' even though its various elements take part in social action and political causes. 

What we learned from an Atlantic Council event discussing digital trends and possible scenarios for the world’s online future.

James Comey lashed out at tech companies such as Apple and Google after they sent a letter to Obama opposing law enforcement proposals to build 'back doors' into secure products.

Join a panel discussion with Passcode and the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative on the future of cyberspace, Wednesday, May 20th.

The FBI is reportedly investigating security researcher Chris Roberts for his claims he hacked into an airplane mid-flight. He denies those allegations. But what about his claims that he hacked the International Space Station?

As Congress battles over surveillance reform, it's important to remember that the Patriot Act's controversial Section 215, which justified National Security Agency collection of phone records, is also an essential investigative tool for the US intelligence community.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, also says the National Security Agency is partly to blame if reform efforts fail in Congress.

A FBI affidavit in a case involving security researcher Chris Roberts claims that he took over the navigation system of an airliner. But if those claims are indeed true, they raise troubling questions about the state of airline security.

With its updated cybersecurity strategy, the Department of Defense redoubles a campaign against Web anonymity. But without anonymity, the expression and political activity that it protects may vanish, too. 

New America's Peter Singer and Passcode's Sara Sorcher interview technologist and author Bruce Schneier, Endgame chief executive Nate Fick, and journalist Kim Zetter on the latest episode of The Cybersecurity Podcast. 

It's not as widespread as the Heartbleed vulnerability, according to experts. But the flaw threatens the security of data centers and virtual computer environments.

It's like teaching them to look both ways before crossing the street. Reading privacy policies for apps is about learning basic safety tips in the Internet Age and gives parents an opportunity to teach kids about responsibility and self awareness on the Web.

It's like teaching them to look both ways before crossing the street. Reading privacy policies for apps is about learning basic safety tips in the Internet Age and gives parents an opportunity to teach kids about responsibility and self awareness on the Web.

Privacy researcher Elana Zeide says schools need more transparency about how student data is used by educational publishers and software companies.

Law professor Orin Kerr argues that social norms are the best ways of determining what's 'authorized' and 'unauthorized' computer access, a critical component of the federal anti-hacking law that critics complain is too ambiguous.