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Paper Recycling Conference – Europe: Economic Models
Posted on December 8th, 2011 No commentsThe opening session of the 2011 Paper Recycling Conference – Europe provided an overview of the world economy as well as the implications for the paper and board industry in the near term.
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Emerging Cyberthreats Outlined in New Report
Posted on October 16th, 2010 No commentsThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center announced its Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2011. Cyberthreats are expected to increase for physical systems, as infrastructure services become networked. Large-scale attacks by botnets are expected to increase; mobile devices and social networking make users attractive targets of attacks.
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Securing Mobile Payments – It’s Still Early
Posted on July 30th, 2009 No commentsMobile payments are exciting, no question about it, writes PCI Columnist David Taylor. The very idea of allowing consumers to buy stuff anywhere, at any time, with the touch of a button, gets retail, banking and communications executives to the point where you almost have to hose them down. So, what better way to ruin the party than to bring up security and compliance issuesActually, the need for this emerging payment “channel” and the specific payment platforms, software and services to be PCI compliant should be obvious, Taylor said.
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Is MasterCard Ready To Sing “You’re So Fined”?
Posted on July 30th, 2009 No commentsAn intriguing blog discussion over at the Verisign security site, with the suggestion made that MasterCard has rapidly started upping its fines for PCI compliance issues. As the post asks, “Who poked MasterCard hard enough to wake them from hibernation?”“MasterCard traditionally fined post-breach and, in some cases, we learned that MasterCard would fine merchants small, but consistent amounts to get the attention of accountants and finance gurus inside the company,” the post said, adding that times have now changed
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Network Solutions Data Breach Hits 574,000 Consumers
Posted on July 28th, 2009 No commentsAn E-Commerce software company that, as part of its service for small retailers accepted payment card data and then sent it to various processors, has found itself on the wrong end of a breached company news release, confirming that payment data from some 574,000 customers—processed through 4,343 of its small retail clients—had been accessed. The stolen data included transaction specifics, card account numbers, names and consumer addresses. The vendor—Network Solutions—had been certified PCI compliant (you just knew that was coming, no?)The details include an early PCI attempt to try and walk back the certification, retailers complaining about their names appearing in a breach notification letter and the vendor bringing in General Dynamics, a familiar name from the data breach probes of both TJX and Hannaford.
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Wal-Mart, Eyeing Mobile And Online, To Revamp Its Privacy Policy
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 No commentsOne month from now, Wal-Mart will unveil a radically changed privacy policy, one that envisions a merged channel world, where consumers are as likely to use their phone and laptop to interact with Wal-Mart as much as they would walk into a store or speak with a call center. The policy talks about data not merely from a PCI and a purchase history perspective, but also from a security camera’s and cellphone’s perspective.”Our goal is to have it be completely comprehensive, for both online and offline,” said Zoe Strickland, the Wal-Mart VP who serves as the chain’s Chief Privacy Officer
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InformationWeek Analytics: Data Loss Prevention
Posted on June 6th, 2009 No commentsSecurity pros continue the shift from protecting systems to protecting data, and it’s about time. Technologies like data loss prevention purport to help. Here’s what you need to know about this emerging discipline.
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