The annals of popular culture are rife with depictions of security professionals as villainous lackeys in the service of unscrupulous corporate leaders. Think Silkwood, The Firm, The China Syndrome ...

Watch any recent movie or television series with a scene involving computers and you’ll often find that the software programs used by the characters look pretty slick but aren’t very realistic. Not so ...

When it comes to spinning smart stories about computers, Hollywood is generally pretty dumb — “Matrix” is the rare exception. Two examples of Hollywood missing the cyber mark: “Net” and “Firewall.” ...

Every decade or so, Hollywood puts a bona fide star actor in a hero’s role as an IT person. Last time it was Robert Redford in Sneakers, and now it’s Harrison ...