Over the last five years, techniques for hiding information have become a rapidly growing research topic. Its better-known aspects range from inserting imperceptible copyright marks in digital audio and video, through auctions and elections, to de-identifying...

Google's power makes security officials nervous. Google has fast become the Internet search engine everyone clicks on to find out nearly anything about anyone, including financial, political and other presumably private data. But national security officials...

During the last week, I have been on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. We had the Quarterly Meeting of the worldwide Chief Security Advisors. During those meetings we usually meet with the products groups to discuss your needs and our plans.Additionally...

Businesses could lose legal disputes and miss out on insurance claims because of their inability to collect and preserve computer and internet-based evidence, experts have warned. While firms are investing heavily in disaster recovery plans for low-probability...

The National Security Agency has obtained a patent on a method of figuring out an Internet user's geographic location. Patent 6,947,978, granted Tuesday, describes a way to discover someone's physical location by comparing it to a "map" of Internet addresses...