Box CEO Aaron Levie, whose $1.5 billion cloud storage and file-sharing company went public last year, said the government needs to rethink the way it engages with the technology industry.

Unlike singles in the '70s, who cruised bars and discos and risked looking for love in all the wrong places, tens of millions of singles each day join and log on to online dating sites with the belief that their efforts to find love and companionship are safe and secure.

The Better Business Bureau and the National Cyber Security Alliance are promoting “digital spring cleaning” with a helpful checklist of chores (bit.ly/1SrrGZa) — things like purging unused apps, updating security software, cleaning out emails, unsubscribing to stuff you don’t need, reviewing contact lists. Does Uncle Joe still need to be on there? He’s been dead since 1995.

Business and IT decision-makers may not be sleeping well these days. They're likely being kept awake worrying about security threats, according to a survey conducted by Dell Data Security.

Tax experts can say that with confidence, without knowing any of the details, because the IRS does not solicit payments by phone. It will not send emails. If the agency needs information from you, they write a letter first.

There's a new twist on a tax scam that might put filers' information at risk: fraudsters pretending to be a company's CEO. The approach is a technique involving phishing, when thieves pretend to be someone or something they aren't, such as a bank employee, and ask unsuspecting people for personal information such as Social Security numbers. The fraudster's goal is to gather enough data to file a fake claim on the filer's behalf, pocketing their refund.

President Obama's bold Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) drew praise for Tuesday, Safer Internet Day, for including a significant dollar commitment in the fiscal 2017 budget and the creation of a Cybersecurity Commission and a Privacy Council established under two Executive Orders.

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you: cybersecurity tutorials, sponsored in part by the federal government. The White House’s cybersecurity national action plan, released Tuesday as part of a $19 billion investment in bolstering online safety across the federal government, aims to empower Americans to boost their own security awareness through public education campaigns. It comes after embarrassing breaches of government agencies, such as that of the Office of Personnel Management, and the manipulation of an Internal Revenue Service’s own website by hackers.

Who would have thought that, for healthcare professionals, performing surgery, working long hours and navigating the dense world of U.S. health law would be easier than protecting hospital computer networks? That, however, appears to be the case after yet another hospital was victimized in a cyberattack. It’s just the latest example of a U.S. medical provider on the wrong end of a digital assault made possible by a lack of security measures.

Concerned with security and privacy online, consumers are turning away from companies they don't consider trustworthy stewards of their personal data. According to a study released Thursday by the data privacy company TRUSTe and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), 89 percent of respondents said they wouldn’t patronize companies that don't adequately protect their data. This is down slightly from last year's 91 percent.