The Philippine Senate passed on third and final reading the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Senate Bill No. 2796), which will provide a legal framework for the investigation, apprehension and prosecution of cybercriminals.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said that its standards for smart grids have been approved and now available for download.

As Australia's personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) project develops, IDC Health Insights predicts that citizen’s health records will be taken out of the traditional, controlled environments.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web, recently published two standards that would make it mandatory for Internet users to specify preferences about online tracking.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved a new protocol for relaying biometric information, the first in a suite of e-health and telemedicine recommendations on how medical practitioners may connect with patients in remote locations.

A security framework is needed to clarify the level of risk exposure and provide guidance on the various security provisions of cloud service providers.

The BlackBerry PlayBook has received the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), making it the first tablet certified for deployment within US federal government agencies.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced in its website that it has adopted a suite of global technical standards for exchanging information of cyber security.

Leading global standards organizations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and ISO have partnered to create joint standards in the field of intelligent transport systems (ITS).

The pressure to reduce IT costs, provide new services and share information is driving awareness of cloud computing across the healthcare sector.