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RSS cardsWhose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News According to Gartner, spending growth will return next year with a bump in IT budgets of 2.3 per cent year-on-year with "sustained, positive growth" on the cards for 2011. While the debate over bankers' bonuses may still... [04 Nov 2009]
Parking in the West End goes contactless
News Drivers with contactless bank cards will soon be able to use them to pay for their parking. From next year, parking meters in the West End will accept contactless payments from motorists with wave and pay functionality... [29 Oct 2009]
Get the facts about credit card security and PCI compliance
White Paper No matter what size your business is or what industry you work in, if you accept credit cards, you must adhere to the safeguards mandated by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard—referred to as the PCI DSS. [21 Oct 2009]
ID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up
News The first ID cards were issued to foreign nationals living in the UK from last November. The cards will be rolled out to the rest of the UK on a voluntary basis from 2011/12. Thousands of UK citizens... [19 Oct 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News Those who are duped into handing over their details risk having their bank accounts drained and credit cards maxed-out. The number of scam emails offering fake tax refunds hit an all-time high last month. [16 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News Card fraud losses totalled £232.8m in the first half of 2009, translating to around a tenth of a penny being lost to fraud for every £1 spent on cards. Fraud on lost and stolen cards is also down by six... [07 Oct 2009]
Beyond PCI Checklists: Securing Cardholder Data With Enhanced File Integrity Monitoring
White Paper The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) applies to any organization that accepts stores or processes payment cards of any type and is a comprehensive checklist of actions these organizations must take... [05 Oct 2009]
Digital Identities and the Promise of the Technology Trio: PKI, Smart Cards, and Biometrics
White Paper It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust and trusted identification and authentication infrastructure. [02 Oct 2009]
Laptop Security: How Safe Is Your Data?
White Paper Senior management, sales, and field services currently make the most use of 3G mobility: demand for mobile broadband solutions is likely to increase dramatically in the coming year with 75 percent of enterprises expected to accelerate... [02 Oct 2009]
Shanghai Social Security Builds Data Warehouse to Support Policymaking and Service Planning
White Paper China began issuing social security cards in 1999 and selected Shanghai as the pilot city for the initiative. Six million cards were distributed in 1999. In 2008, 13 million cards were... [01 Oct 2009]
Three Best Practices for Securing Microsoft Exchange
White Paper Adding cost-effective strong authentication for remote users of Outlook Web Access, including a range of choices from invisible IP-geolocation and device fingerprinting to tangible forms such as one-time-password tokens and grid... [01 Oct 2009]
Sodexo Do Brasil Comercial Ltda. Consolidates All Company Data Onto a Single, Shared System
White Paper In Brazil, Sodexo focuses in three main business lines: food, facilities mthe challenge was to Integrate the company's administrative and operational systems and centralize them into a unique database to guarantee better performance and... [01 Oct 2009]
Nandan Nilekani
AS Profile But this year Nilekani will embark on what is arguably his toughest challenge yet, delivering biometric ID cards to every one of India's 1.2 billion population. Most people would be satisfied with being a co-founder of... [30 Sep 2009]
SAS BI Server Shaved Reporting Time From Two Days to 10 Minutes, Freeing Hallmark Staff to Do More In-Depth Analysis
White Paper The nearly 100-year-old Hallmark greeting card company is reaching out to consumers in new ways to build more personalized relationships with its best customers - including offering customers the opportunity to customize... [19 Sep 2009]
Follett Protects Customer Data and Complies With PCI DSS With Thales
White Paper Since it began operating stores and taking credit cards, FHEG has taken protecting its customers' privacy seriously. The Follett Higher Education Group (FHEG) sells more than 20 million textbooks annually in stores and... [19 Sep 2009]
