This week Symantec's tussle with a hacker went public.

'But is it secure?' is invariably the first question I'm asked by CISOs in relation to cloud solutions and services.

Probably the most disturbing data breaches of 2011 involved security companies themselves coming under determined and sustained attacks. RSA and DigiNotar both fell victim to hackers, sending shockwaves through the security community.

The security business has had little positive to say about Google's Android platform in recent times.

These days, barely a week will go past without a news story about a security breach at a high-profile organisation.

In the last year, there has been an unprecedented wave of hacking attempts across a variety of organisations.

The nuclear standoff of the 60s may be behind us, but a new cold war, or rather code war, has started to grip the globe.

The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a modern form of action and takedown that is not impossible to defend against, but is a challenge nonetheless for victims.

Private equity investors are always on the lookout for opportunities to invest in businesses with real potential in growth areas.

As the UK returns to work, so the pressure on IT managers increases as Christmas presents are attached to the network.