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On February 20, 2014
Lessons from recent data security breaches
There are many large data security breaches that are being reported nationally. They are high-profile retail chains. Equally important are the smaller breaches which are occurring every day. All that was required to find the smaller companies breach list was do a simple search on the Internet. Itâ ...
Read MoreOn January 21, 2014
Recent large breaches point out weakness in the point-of-sale system security
Large breaches similar to Target and Neiman Marcus  have already occurred during the peak December 2013 season that are still going through QIRAs by (Qualified Incident Response Assessors) and haven't been published yet.  However, they all point out to the same techniques used in the other two at ...
Read MoreOn January 7, 2014
PCI DSS 3.0 highlights
1. More rigorous penetration testing Controls 11.3 and 11.3.4Â now require merchants to verify methods used to segment the cardholder data environment (CDE) from other areas. 2. Inspecting POS systems regularly Requirement ...
Read MoreOn December 11, 2013
Prepare for what’s coming your way from data security threats in 2014
Hackers are already persistently going after businesses, especially the larger merchants.  So, how exactly are retailers supposed to protect their data to keep up with the perseverance and speed of these threats?  As known already, threats exist externally and internally. No one group w ...
Read MoreOn December 9, 2013
Level 2 Merchants Watch Out: You May Be Next on the List to Receive a Letter from Your Acquiring Bank
The acronym ‘QSA’ and the term ‘audit’ evoke images associated with fear, anxiety, anger, confusion, expense, exhaustion, and the list can go on. How about ‘hacker’ and the term ‘breach’? Do they conjure up images related to nightmare, exposure, penalty, loss, downfall…? Â
