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On February 12, 2014
Customers are our voice. Hear their data security and PCI compliance stories.
Read What Omega Clients Are Saying And View Video Testimonials " They were a blessing, a God-sent and I go to work everyday feeling much better. ...
Read MoreOn February 3, 2014
Security attack trends in 2014
According to the 'global threat report', Spear phishing (email spoofing) is going to stay popular this year. The next type would be what is described as 'watering hole' attacks that target website with malware so they can attack visitors of the site. It is reported that several companies succum ...
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 11.3.4 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 17, 2013
Retailers believe they are compliant if their POS vendors say so? If you are indeed compliant, is your data secure? Find out what you get in return on these investments.
Omega ATC has been releasing educational and informational emails all year long primarily on these two topics – “data security” and “compliance” emphasizing that compliance does not equate to security. Through experience we have found that merchants find it hard to co ...
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