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On August 13, 2011
Do you wilfully let the bad guys in?
I saw this Dilbert sketch and chuckled a little, until I th ...
On July 11, 2011
Large breaches lead to additional government scrutiny
Additional details continue to become available regarding the recent breach of approximately 360,000 Citibank credit card accounts. The breach was first discovered on May 10, and the customer notification process began on June 3. According to Citibank, no account numbers have been compromised yet, b ...
Read MoreOn July 7, 2011
Next in line for PCI compliance: Mobile Payment Applications
Companies consistently ahead of cutting edge technologies such as Apple, Google and other mobile device manufacturers are advancing the payment applications of their phones. This is to be expected since Smartphones and iPhones are undoubtedly and predictably the wave of the future. It has kept the ...
Read MoreOn July 4, 2011
Are you inviting trouble?
Online payments to vendors like amazon.com or overstock.com definitely feel safer and more secure than giving my card or personal information over the phone. Well, maybe safer but not completely secure. So, many a times when payments cannot be made online, I end up giving the numbers over the ph ...
Read MoreOn June 16, 2011
PCI Compliance vs Data Security
Many retailers are under the impression that PCI compliance is the maximum protection they need to secure sensitive data. Retailers working with Qualified Security Assessor’s (QSA’s) desperately try to remove as many of their machines from the scope of PCI to reduce risk and ultimately become PC ...
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