The period that has passed since Gary McKinnon hacked into US networks amounts to five times the length of any prison sentence given to those convicted of hacking in the UK, but far less than the 70 years he might face in jail if extradited to America.

SC Editor Paul Fisher went to Moscow to interview CEO and founder of Kaspersky Lab, Eugene Kaspersky.

Nobody likes having someone looking over their shoulder and telling them how it's done, but this is the reality for CISOs in a tough regulatory environment. By Rob Buckley.

Security giants continue to plug gaps in their offerings by acquiring smaller players. But is innovation being stifled? Hannah Prevett investigates.

The latest SC survey looked at approaches and attitudes to data management and storage. Concerns surrounding cloud and access policies came under particular scrutiny.

The chief technology officer and founder of access management start-up GrIDsure, which offers a shape-based alternative to traditional passwords, reveals how he got the idea off the ground - and where he thinks his peers are going wrong. By Paul Fisher.

Big advances mean that quantum encryption may soon be ready to safeguard the most valuable assets of government and industry. John Edwards explains the science.

Despite the worries that persist around the outsourcing of security generally, more and more organisations - from city councils to small businesses - are finding that the pros of managed security services far outweigh the potential cons, writes Hannah Prevett.

In our latest survey, we looked at information security professionals' attitude to compliance. As ever, the results provide food for thought.

Everyone is talking about security information and event management (SIEM), which gives organisations a unique vision of the threats they encounter. By David Waller.