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PCI Compliance: The Importance of Securing Payment Information
White Paper This effort resulted in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design, and other... [13 May 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News A spokesman for HSBC said: "There is no information on this disk in relation to banking or payment details and there were no addresses, so the scope for any fraudulent activity is vastly reduced. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to... [07 Apr 2008]
PCI-DSS Solutions From Novell
White Paper Millions of cases of identity theft, including a number of high-profile cases where large amounts of payment card data was stolen or compromised, have fueled an urgent industry-wide movement to tighten payment card data security. [28 Mar 2008]
PCI DSS Made Easy: Addressing the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
White Paper Consequently, organizations that accept payment card transactions are duly bound to comply with PCI DSS by end of 2007. Organizations that fail to comply, risk not being allowed to handle cardholder data and fines of up to $500,000 if the data is... [06 Jul 2007]
IT and compliance: A risk management 'odd couple'
Comment For example, the industry-enforced PCI-DSS standard for credit card payment handlers specifies conditions such as the application and configuration of personal firewalls. This probably would have saved the Nationwide Building Society the fine of... [02 Jul 2007]
'Wi-fi thieves carried out TK Maxx data heist'
News TJX also believed data had been stolen from the part of its computer systems in Massachusetts that processes and stores information related to payment card, cheque and unreceipted merchandise-return transactions for US and Puerto Rico customers at... [09 May 2007]
TK Maxx customers urged to check card statements
News Shoppers who have used their credit and debit cards in high street retailer TK Maxx are being urged to review their statements after it was revealed hackers may have stolen details of 45 million payment cards from the retailer's US parent company. [30 Mar 2007]
Revealed: World's largest security breach
News The security breach involving CardSystems, a third-party processor of payment data for banks and merchants, resulted in the exposure of credit card numbers for 40 million accounts - a figure comparable to the TJX case. [30 Mar 2007]
VeriSign beefs up its mobile offerings
News The digital infrastructure provider also showcased a host of new technologies designed to address the needs of businesses that want to implement mobile payment. According to VeriSign, businesses can use SMDM to perform remote data sweeps for lost... [20 Feb 2007]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News Online payment company PayPal faced its own phishing problems in the form of a flaw on the company's website which left customers open to phishing scams - the flaw was quickly fixed. Biometrics were pointed to as the next wave of payment technology... [19 Dec 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.11.06
Round-Up So far the Met has declined to state whether the data on the laptops was encrypted and as a precaution the force has consulted payment industry association Apacs - as well credit rating agencies and Cifas, the UK's fraud prevention service - just... [24 Nov 2006]
Met laptops theft puts 15,000 at risk
News However, the theft is sufficiently serious that UK fraud prevention service Cifas, payment services organisation Apacs and credit reference agencies have been consulted about what action to take to safeguard staff against becoming victims of fraud. [22 Nov 2006]
The mafia targets bank insiders
News The Association of Payment and Clearing Systems said that criminal groups are tempting employees with money in return for information. Norman Bolton, director at security consultancy C2i International and former member of the Specialist Operations... [29 Nov 2005]
TCG: Mobiles need hardware-based security and DRM
News And, in the future, payment data such as credit card numbers will be added to the mix, the group said. The benefit of hardware-based security is that users can rely on their phone and [know] that private data is protected. [28 Sep 2005]
Visa and MasterCard to clear up links with data loss firm
News A judge has asked MasterCard and Visa to disclose details about their relationship with CardSystems Solutions, the payment processor that was the subject of a high-profile data security breach. They don't seem to own the data but the plaintiffs... [28 Sep 2005]
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