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House adopts CLASS Act; "red flags" rule bill stalls in Senate committee
Posted on October 30th, 2009 No commentsA bill that would exempt certain healthcare facilities from the “red flags” rule has been met with stony silence from the Senate. After sailing through the House, the exemptions bill was sent to the Senate Banking Committee, where members have yet to move on the issue.
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Lax security leaves card data en route to banks vulnerable
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 No commentsEVERY TIME a shopper runs a credit card through a reader and waits for the transaction to be approved, sensitive information including name and account number is ferried from store to bank through computer networks, each step a potential opening for hackers.
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DHS: More work needed on identity theft
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 No commentsGAO report highlights continuing vulnerabilities of personal data on government databases. Last week DHS Secretary Napolitano spoke at the World Affairs Council Global Education Dinner in Washington, DC about the department’s increasing focus on the issue of cybersecurity.
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Is Heartland’s End-to-End Move The First Shot In A Processor Lock-In War?
Posted on May 13th, 2009 No commentsProprietary used to be a bad word, suggesting vendor tactics to lock-in a retailer so it couldn’t switch to a rival vendor. With word of the new end-to-end encryption approaches by Heartland and at least two other major payment processors, retailers will now be faced with quite a few proprietary decisions.Like everything in retail payment security, the issue is much more nuanced than it initially seems.
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