Americans overestimate the risk that identity theft will occur online, a new survey reveals. The higher risk is still offline where 90 percent of identity theft occurs via methods such as mail theft.

Israel offers the United States lessons in how a nation can publicly engage its citizens to play their part in building a vigilant and resilient society. Read a Homeland Security Institute report on what the U.S. can learn from Israel’s counterterrorism efforts.

A teacher may pursue her lawsuit against her employer for failure to accommodate her depression according to a federal appeals court. The court ruled that the school had a duty to pursue accommodation after the teacher provided a doctor’s statement that the depression was linked to a lack of windows in the teacher’s classroom.

The American Anthropological Association recently issued a final report on anthropologists’ involvement in the U.S. Army’s controversial Human Terrain System program. The report was skeptical that anthropologists could ethically or safely participate in the program.

A U.S. citizen who was wrongly accused of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombing and held for two weeks under suspicion of terrorism may not pursue his lawsuit against the government, a federal appeals court has ruled. According to the court, since the government already promised to destroy all surveillance materials and compensated the citizen monetarily, he had nothing left to sue over.

The Pentagon’s assistant inspector general for Southwest Asia outlined the oversight challenges of holding contractors accountable in Afghanistan before the bipartisan Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act imposes new privacy requirements for businesses that access medical records. Two recent surveys (here and here) found that many affected by the act were still unprepared to comply.

Police officers who claim that their employers illegally read their private text messages will get to take their case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The outcome of the case will affect how employers deal with workplace communications.

The Senate is considering House legislation that would make CFATS law and require many businesses to evaluate the feasibility of switching to safer chemicals.

The RAND corporation recommends five courses of action that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization can take in the future to remain relevant to international security.

A federal appeals court has ruled that an employee claiming she was fired for her traditional Christian beliefs may not sue her employer for discrimination. The employee repeatedly violated the company’s overtime policy, even after repeated warnings. The court ruled that the employee was fired for failing to meet the legitimate business expectations of her employer.