By finding new talent, the Cyber Security Challenge helps the IT industry protect the nation from threats, says new CEO Duncan Hine

If you've got the infrastructure, the brand and the balance sheet, why wouldn't you grow by acquisition, asks Dell's Dave Johnson

Europe has something important to say about cyber warfare and hacktivism, says Hugh Thomson

IT needs to become more aware of the dangers posed by social engineering, warns Check Point’s Terry Greer-King

Speedy cloud-based security protection can hobble small profiteers and rein in online cyber-criminals, claims Eugene Kaspersky

Good products can't stay proprietary for long, says Efim Bushmanov, the Russian who published an open source version of Skype's protocol

IBM's security boss Dave Merrill talks about what threats and challenges are keeping him awake at night

Only victims of tyranny can justify use of Facebook says freedom activist Richard Stallman. He also spoke in favour of Julian Assange and against mobile phones

The London Chromaroma game has been criticised for demanding passwords. Mudlark's Toby Barnes jumps to its defence

Cyber-threats should be taken seriously, and complex passwords should be dumped, says the father of the firewall, Bill Cheswick of AT&T